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Less Is More
Read more: Less Is MoreWe have all felt the initial pang of sadness when we discover one of our favorite shows’ lifespan is shortened to less seasons than you might have liked to watch. I had such an experience with the two shows Freaks and Geeks and Firefly. Each of these was only given one season—and for both of…
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Humanities: Rethink, Redefine, Reform
Read more: Humanities: Rethink, Redefine, ReformIt’s a tough world out there as a humanities scholar. Facing virtuous doctors, renowned mathematicians, and heroic physicists, we are more than often advised to celebrate the wondrous worlds of Raphael’s Stanze, Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, whilst occasionally throwing around a Judith Butler text, alone, without claiming their utility. Studying humanities is a way…
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Chance Amazement
Read more: Chance AmazementOftentimes I go to concerts to be surprised. I primarily go for the headliner, but the supporting act is always a surprise. When I attended a great show by Opeth in the Heineken Music Hall at the beginning of November, that surprise turned out to be astonishing. That evening, the show was opened by the…
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Writer’s Block Happenings – To Christmas and Beyond!
Read more: Writer’s Block Happenings – To Christmas and Beyond!The weather outside is frightful, but that doesn’t mean there are not awesome things to do out there! This is your final dose of WB-approved activities happening in and around Amsterdam for the year, but we hope these will tide you over to 2015. Enjoy, and we’ll see you next year! December 8, 4-6 pm…
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Job Vacancy – General Editor – CLOSED
Read more: Job Vacancy – General Editor – CLOSEDWriter’s Block is looking for someone cool to join our editorial board! From February on, you’ll be editing poetry, prose, essays and other stuff with the aim of making each issue of Writer’s Block one worth reading. Have we gotten you interested? These is who we’re looking for: You are a student; You have mastered…
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