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The Autobiography of Malcolm X Still Matters (to me)

04.29.2010
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Life before and after reading The Autobiography of Malcolm X.

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Review: “Reality Hunger” by David Shields

03.11.2010
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The absence of plot leaves the reader room to think about other things.
With relatively few exceptions, the novel sacrifices too much, for me, on the altar of plot.
Plots are for dead people.
The novel is dead. Long live the antinovel, built from scraps.
A seemingly scatterbrained collage of quotes and one-liners, Reality Hunger will do two things: [...]

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“Nigger” in Literature

12.06.2009
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Annoyance over the “N” word’s appearance in classic and modern literature.

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Octavia Butler’s Legacy To Black Writers

11.25.2009
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Brief discussion on Octavia Butler and her importance to young black writers.

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The Danger Of A Single Story

11.23.2009

Excellent discussion by Nigerian author Chimamanda Adichie on stereotypes and literature…

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Decline of the English Department

09.19.2009

Me fail English? That’s unimpossible!

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