Nonfiction students! We’ll be reading DFW this semester! | David Foster Wallace on Writing, Death, and Redemption | Brain Pickings brainpickings.org/2013/09/12/dav…
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The place for all my my students who are reading postcolonial and nonfiction literature this semester. Opinions here my own.
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How American colonialism put Puerto Rico in crisis | motherjones.com/politics/2019/…
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Michel Foucault and fake news. What would he think? Was he responsible? Should we care? More here at Open Culture. openculture.com/2019/09/what-w…
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"She is often ambivalent, but never neutral in the self-protective modern manner. She is a poet of split feelings." @DwightGarner on the essays of Rachel Cusk. nyti.ms/34CBnQx
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Genre divisions can be such a drag. electricliterature.com/12-books-that-…
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An appropriate gathering of opinions on creativity and other things for our #nonfiction class on 8.29!
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"If you have never felt lonely, you should become an activist. Loneliness is a valuable feeling. Artists need to know how to walk alone." On Ai Weiwei's birthday, his (and other celebrated artists') wisdom on courage, creativity, criticism, and success brainpickings.org/2015/01/12/33-…
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Maria Popova on the seven things . . . must-watch for my students in #nonfiction. We need to learn to read all over again with fresh eyes, and I think these seven things will help us do that . . . youtube.com/watch?v=PyOxrL…
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Nietzsche died yesterday, August 25, on 1900. He talked about what it meant to be a "free spirit." You might want to have a look at what a free spirit thinks it means to have a free spirit.
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Nietzsche, who died on this day in 1900, on what it means to be a free spirit brainpickings.org/2015/10/15/nie…
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Greenland is home to an indigenous population. The idea you can just buy a territory of another sovereign country in the post-colonial era, or make colonial jokes about that imperialistic proposition, with little or no consideration for the human population, is deeply offensive.
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Your own guide for identifying youth "subcultures," East-German style, 1985.
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The East German Secret Police’s Illustrated Guide for Identifying Youth Subcultures: Punks, Goths, Teds & More (1985) openculture.com/?p=1061033
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Mathematician Katherine Johnson, who calculated Apollo 11’s launch windows, turns 101 today — a hero in incalculable ways brainpickings.org/2016/09/19/hid…
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8 lessons for today’s youth-led movements from a decade of youth climate organizing wagingnonviolence.org/feature/lesson…
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“A pineapple of the finest flavour” was a phrase used for anything that was the best of the best. @parisreview longreads.com/2018/04/30/thi…
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Maybe it's time we reimagined what social networks should look like: buff.ly/2FxKO5W
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Sick of the internet shouting factory? Looking for a more civil place to discuss the big issues? After five years of development, we welcome you to Kialo, a system designed for thoughtful debate.
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Meet “Reclaim Idaho,” the group that’s trying to do what elected officials won’t and put Medicaid expansion up for a vote in November. buzzfeed.com/annehelenpeter…
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Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) introduces resolution to Senate proclaiming March 10 as Tibetan Rights Day. It is good to see that some of our legislators still have a human pulse and care about human rights. A remarkable read. buff.ly/2JquC95 | #FreeTibet #HHDL
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