The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup by Susan Orlean It is probably the goal of many a journalist or writer (or documentary producer) to take seemingly mundane people or events and dig around until something remarkable is discovered. It is probably the most difficult task to accomplish in any media because the end result may, in [...]
Archive for May, 2008
May 7, 2008
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Orchidelirium Edition
By Some Dude in NonfictionThe Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean I have never bought any orchids nor have I ever attempted to grow any in my spare time. The only time I went to Florida was to go to Disney World when I was in the fifth grade. I have never seen an alligator and I have never walked [...]
May 1, 2008
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We’re Going To Maine Edition
By Some Dude in Fiction, Short StoryThe Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett “I see it all now as I couldn’t when I was young.” The Country of the Pointed Firs was first serialized in 1896 in The Atlantic Monthly and made a name of Sarah Orne Jewett, though her name was mostly relegated to literary and local [...]
