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  • In Defense of Young Adult

    In Defense of Young Adult

    March 16, 2015
    by Books, Essay, Judith Kroon, Literature

    Next to my time as a student of English literature and final editor at Writer’s Block, I spend a lot of my time running a book review blog – or more specifically, running a book review blog that is mainly focused on young adult fiction. Usually, when I mention this to people, they give me…

    Read more: In Defense of Young Adult
  • Hitchens and Titus – Gravitas and Levity

    Hitchens and Titus – Gravitas and Levity

    March 12, 2015
    by Jules Schlicher, WB Column

    I once read that stand-up comedians nowadays fulfil a similar job as journalists, as a result of journalism becoming more concerned with commentary and opinion than with reporting. Both crafts, in any case, serve a public goal. Two of my favourite public servants in those crafts are Christopher Hitchens and Christopher Titus. I can read…

    Read more: Hitchens and Titus – Gravitas and Levity
  • A Smokey Haze: A Review of Inherent Vice

    March 8, 2015
    by Film, Isabel Harlaar, Reviews

    In 1970, Doc Sportello, a private investigator with a soft spot for pot smoking, receives a visit from his former girlfriend Shasta Fay Hepworth. As it turns out she wants him to help her out with a plot to kidnap her current boyfriend, real estate magnate Mickey Wolfmann, which Wolfmann’s wife and her boyfriend have…

    Read more: A Smokey Haze: A Review of Inherent Vice
  • Forever Alone, or Not, And Everybody Is Pretty Fucking Fine With That

    Forever Alone, or Not, And Everybody Is Pretty Fucking Fine With That

    March 5, 2015
    by Tessel Rijneveldshoek, WB Column

    Do you have a favourite love story? You probably do, as we all are spoon-fed love stories from the moment we first saw the outside world. Romantic love, differing from other ‘kinds’ of love, such as platonic love, is a major theme in a great amount of songs, books and movies. Not to mention commercials,…

    Read more: Forever Alone, or Not, And Everybody Is Pretty Fucking Fine With That
  • Stiftgedicht: Gentlemen, Start Your Screaming

    March 2, 2015
    by Erasure Poem, Ines Severino, Stiftgedicht, WB Column

    Click the image to view in full screen.

    Read more: Stiftgedicht: Gentlemen, Start Your Screaming
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