Monday, September 30, 2019

Ms. Purple and The Farewell

Ms. Purple and The Farewell both focus on a dying parent as they consider Asian American immigrant and first-generation experience. Ms. Purple is a sadder, perhaps deeper or more intense movie while The Farewell has more laughs as it considers the psychology of not telling Grandma she's dying. Both recommended--good, if not great.
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Thursday, September 26, 2019

Crazy Rich Dufflemans

Cyrus Stands Tall Among Kraus, Kundera, Kwan, Kwok, and Kwon

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Wednesday, September 25, 2019

an original work of literature

Enjoy a bargain for an original work of literature.
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Tuesday, September 24, 2019

our terror of going hungry

“We had only one thing in common in our family in the Passage, and that was our terror of going hungry. We all had plenty of that. It was with me from my first breath. . . They passed it on to me. . . We were all obsessed with it. . . As far as we were concerned, the soul was fear. In every room the walls sweated fear of going without. . . It made us swallow the wrong way, it made us bolt our meals and run around town like mad. . . we zigzagged like fleas all over Paris, from the Place Maubert to the Etoile, for fear of being auctioned off, for fear of the rent, of the gas man, the tax collector. . . We were always in such a hurry I never had time to wipe myself properly.”


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Monday, September 23, 2019

Flame and Fortune

Jason Arment's "Flame and Fortune" was published at Eclectica Magazine.
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Wednesday, September 18, 2019

totalitarian podcast

Check out Daniel Kalder on his research into totalitarian dictators.
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