GIVING YOU THE END (Free subscription) | yesterday
there are two subgenres of contemporary fiction that have recently begun to bother me. 1. cultural heartbreakers books that invariably draw upon the author's ethnic traditions, culture and myths, weaving them into the story to create a sense of a very exotic "other", usually with some sort of emotionally draining plot that speaks to the "universality of the human psyche" despite...
ravindrae1u5w | 11/26/2009
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) –The simple yet powerful story of the Prodigal Son was given a vigorous new interpretation in the 2004 Danish film "Brothers," directed by Susanne Bier. Irish director Jim Sheridan, who has made his films in America in recent years, now delivers an American remake that hues closely to the original but loses some of its true grit. The emotional devastation
LIVE ON CAMPUS :: the world is your campus :: (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Filed under: Hey LOCstars, Hindu College is pleased to invite you to Bacchanalia, the annual Literary Society/English Department festival, on the 26th and 27th of November. Bacchanalia is a recognized and established event in the Delhi University literary circuit. It’s fun, challenging, creative and competitive. The festival revolves around various events intended to draw out the skills of participants...
chesna683o8 | 11/25/2009
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) –The simple yet powerful story of the Prodigal Son was given a vigorous new interpretation in the 2004 Danish film "Brothers," directed by Susanne Bier. Irish director Jim Sheridan, who has made his films in America in recent years, now delivers an American remake that hues closely to the original but loses some of its true grit. The emotional devastation
The Fischbowl (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Kristin Leclaire (who needs to blog more often) just posted about her 10th graders reading The Kite Runne r . I wrote about this last year , but this year she knew about Rob ahead of time so could plan a little better. As Kristin writes : I explained that our contact, Rob Dodson, had contacted me last year after reading my class blogs, and that he was a military officer stationed in Afghanistan. I...
eithnern8vw | 11/24/2009
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) –The simple yet powerful story of the Prodigal Son was given a vigorous new interpretation in the 2004 Danish film "Brothers," directed by Susanne Bier. Irish director Jim Sheridan, who has made his films in America in recent years, now delivers an American remake that hues closely to the original but loses some of its true grit. The emotional devastation
kalbo603g | 11/23/2009
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) –The simple yet powerful story of the Prodigal Son was given a vigorous new interpretation in the 2004 Danish film "Brothers," directed by Susanne Bier. Irish director Jim Sheridan, who has made his films in America in recent years, now delivers an American remake that hues closely to the original but loses some of its true grit. The emotional devastation
LIVE ON CAMPUS :: the world is your campus :: (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Filed under: “Why don’t you stay at my place tonight in Batla House?” said Syed Hasan, my new classmate in Jamia University . The question got me in a fix. It was 10.30 already and traveling now would mean two more hours of despair and another series of scolds from my parents. My father has been much disciplined all through his life. A conformist, but emotional to an extent where...
JerseySmarts.com (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
First, I have to contradict something that I wrote a few days ago. If you read my entry from this past Sunday, I commented on how sometimes it takes me a year to get through a single book due to problems with timing. That wasn’t the case with Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid [...]
WatsonCommon (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Following a class of strategizing and writing SAT essays, I began Monday's class with a warm-up that asked students to identify the most effective and most challenging elements of executing a timed writing. Many professed new-found love for brainstorming and planning before writing. We also discussed what you lose in this kind of writing situation: revisions, time to write conclusions. From there,...
BrontëBlog (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Book Drum is a new initiative which is trying to create a sort of online Companions for well-known novels. Each book includes Bookmarks (with annotations and clarifications, page by page), Review, Setting, Glossary, Author Information and Summary. In their own words: What are books? We feel passionately drawn to them. We fall in love with them. But a book is usually nothing more than text on paper....
Fluffycloud Studios (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
My house is NEVER tidy. I don't know how other people manage to keep their houses tidy and have jobs, children, do courses, live life. If I were to keep my house tidy, and my washing and ironing all done, I would be working ALL the time. The thing is though, it feels like I DO work all the time, so where am I going wrong?? The best I ever manage is "not-filthy" (and I'm pretty sure there...
Gothamist (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Still from The Kite Runner One 12-year-old was recently the victim of some kite fighting leftovers. The "sport," made famous in The Kite Runner , is popular in Flushing Meadows Corona Park — and now the city is on the receiving end of a lawsuit over it. The Queens boy was skateboarding outside of his apartment last month when he was clotheslined by a razor-sharp wire that had allegedly...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
The South Asian sport of kite-fighting -- featured in the book and movie "The Kite Runner" -- nearly cost a skateboarding Queens boy his life when a razor-sharp wire sliced his throat, according to a lawsuit. Jared Kopeloff was skateboarding out...
FirstShowing.net (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
I've been waiting and waiting to feature a video interview from Making Of for a long time. If you haven't ever heard of Making Of, it's an incredible new website that focuses on the filmmaking process. They post new interviews daily with some of the most talented and brilliant filmmakers out there talking about their own process and some techniques and tips. I finally found a video today that I wanted...
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ravindrae1u5w | 11/26/2009
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) –The simple yet powerful story of the Prodigal Son was given a vigorous new interpretation in the 2004 Danish film "Brothers," directed by Susanne Bier. Irish director Jim Sheridan, who has made his films in America in recent years, now delivers an American remake that hues closely to the original but loses some of its true grit. The emotional devastation of the final...
chesna683o8 | 11/25/2009
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) –The simple yet powerful story of the Prodigal Son was given a vigorous new interpretation in the 2004 Danish film "Brothers," directed by Susanne Bier. Irish director Jim Sheridan, who has made his films in America in recent years, now delivers an American remake that hues closely to the original but loses some of its true grit. The emotional devastation of the final...
eithnern8vw | 11/24/2009
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) –The simple yet powerful story of the Prodigal Son was given a vigorous new interpretation in the 2004 Danish film "Brothers," directed by Susanne Bier. Irish director Jim Sheridan, who has made his films in America in recent years, now delivers an American remake that hues closely to the original but loses some of its true grit. The emotional devastation of the final...
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