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End of the Watch
Read more: End of the WatchA discussion of Harper Lee’s long-expected second novel Go Set a Watchman When 31-year-old Harper Lee first entered the office of publishing house J. B. Lippincott & Co., neither she, nor her editor could have expected her manuscript to become the global phenomenon it has become. The manuscript, titled Atticus, fell into the hands of…
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Erasure Poem: Dream Actually Happened
Read more: Erasure Poem: Dream Actually HappenedA couple of weeks ago, I read the short story Traumnovelle for an elective course on the various interplays between literature and film. Also known as Dream Story, this novella was written in 1926 by the Austrian Arthur Schnitzler, a kindred spirit of Sigmund Freud. In 1999, the acclaimed director Stanley Kubrick turned Schnitzler’s book…
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Read more: The Secret Life of Walter MittyConvinced that we all have our “Walter Mitty moments”, I wanted to put him in the spotlight. I have only just seen the movie “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”, which was released in 2013. The movie is based on a short story written by James Thurber (one of his masterpieces), first published in…
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Self-Made Success: Badlands by Halsey
Read more: Self-Made Success: Badlands by Halsey“We are the New Americana / High on legal marijuana / Raised on Biggie and Nirvana.” This August, Halsey released her highly-anticipated debut album Badlands to the public. For her already large group of fans, the album has been a long time coming: ever since releasing her EP Room 93 in late 2014, Halsey…
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