Anthology of Thirties Prose Light came and went and came again, the booming strokes of three o'clock beat out across the town in thronging bronze from the courthouse bell, light winds of April blew the fountain out in rainbow sheets, until the plume returned and pulsed, as Grover turned into the Square. He was a child, dark-eyed and grave, birthmarked upon his neck-- a berry of warm brown-and with a gentle face, too quiet and too listening for his years. The scuffed boy's shoes, the thick-ribbed stockings gartered at the knees, the short knee pants cut straight with three small useless buttons at the side, the sailor blouse, the old cap battered out of shape, perched sideways up on top of the raven head, the old soiled canvas bag slung from the shoulder, empty now, but waiting for the crisp sheets of the afternoon-these friendly, shabby garments, shaped by Grover, uttered him. He turned and passed along the north side of the Square and in that moment saw the union of Forever and of Now. "Old stingy Crockers!" Mr.
Nerd Paradise : How to Write a 20 Page Research Paper in Under a Day Posted on: 10 Cado 7:0 - 5.27.29 So you've procrastinated again. You told yourself you wouldn't do this 2 months ago when your professor assigned you this. Pick a Topic The more "legally-oriented" your topic is, the better. Make a list ...of every possible outcome that this issue could cause in...the near future...the far future...of every person that this topic affects....of any instances where this topic has come in the news....what you would do about this topic if you had the chance/power/enough-sugar...any little detail you can think ofThe important thing about this is to think of ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING, no matter how silly or far-fetched. Reorder everything Put your most obvious argument first. Then put weird off the wall stuff, regardless of importance. Put the strongest argument for your case next. Now list the incidents that will help argue for your point. Now, list everything that could be construed to be the answer to the question "if elected, what would you do about this issue?"
LOVE ME, LOVE MY BOOKS DEAL OR NO DEAL | July 24th 2008 luis de bethencourt/flickr Some books are so dear, so essential, that if a potential partner finds it risible, any meeting of the minds (or body) is impossible, writes Molly Flatt ... Special to MORE INTELLIGENT LIFE For bibliophiles, books are relationship brokers. Opposite reading tastes certainly do attract. However, I do believe in the dealbreaker book. After all, women read more, especially when it comes to fiction. The NYT books blog Paper Cuts then asked readers "What are your literary dealbreakers--or literary deal-sealers?" Our dealbreaker book represents what we want to be--it is an exercise in literary self-actualisation. With a dealbreaker book, someone's breezy dismissal can feel worse than an active dislike. My dealbreaker is Dorothy Dunnett's "House of Niccolo" series. (Molly Flatt is a writer in London.
What Do Teachers Really Think of Quiet Students? Did you catch the recent news story about Natalie Munro, the high school English teacher from Pennsylvania who blogged her true feelings about her students? Apparently failing to comprehend the public nature of the Internet, she mused about the nasty things she wished she could write on her students’ report cards. It was an abuse of trust, and a blinkered use of the blogging medium. But that’s not what I want to focus on; others have already covered that very effectively. I want to talk about Munro’s view of quiet and shy students. Here, according to her blog entry of January 21, 2010 (since removed) is what she wished she could put on their report cards: “A kid that has no personality.” “She just sits there emotionless for an entire 90 minutes, staring into the abyss, never volunteering to speak or do anything.” “Shy isn’t cute in 11th grade; it’s annoying. As adults, we (hopefully) get to choose the careers, spouses, and social circles that suit us. In the meantime: What do you think?
The Staff Recommends: The Lover’s Dictionary Recommended by John Warner I have to be honest. This book had two strikes against it. Two, it was described in the press materials as “romantic.” I’m still waiting. Point being, there’s reasons for the skepticism. But The Lover’s Dictionary won me over completely. One reason is the structure, which is no gimmick, but instead allows a strategy of oblique storytelling to emerge, where we come at incident slantwise, like an Emily Dickinson poem. Under the entry for “balk” we learn of a big step in the relationship: “I was the one who said we should live together. Also, the prose. And last, the romance. I started reading the book as a cynic. John Warner is the editor of The Staff Recommends and the author of Fondling Your Muse: Infallible Advice From a Published Author to the Writerly Aspirant.
The Art of BS: How to Succeed on Papers and Essays | College and Finance Last year I was in an interesting English class. The subject of the class was Harry Potter (specifically, we compared it to other works of children’s literature, like the Oz books, examined the global phenomenon, its popularity, etc.). Halfway through the quarter (yes, I wish my school was on semesters like everyone else, alas, not so), we had our midterm. When everyone got their grades back, many were disappointed. That being said, I’ve decided to provide a few tips (ten) I’ve learned when writing essays or term papers. 1. 2. Benjamin Franklin gave a lot of money to the University of Pennsylvania.Benjamin Franklin pursued American interests in France for many years. If the question I was presented with were something along the lines of, “Discuss Benjamin Franklin’s involvement in the revolutionary war and its subsequent effect on America” I’d be sure to work those facts in. “Benjamin Franklin lobbied France to help the Colonists fight the British.” 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Leave a Reply
'One Day' chronicles a perfect connection between imperfect people - Baltimore Dating The recent release of the movie adaptation of the international bestseller One Day by David Nicholls was subject to reviews which by in large lamented that the motion picture failed to do the novel justice. Many critics accused the film of glossing over crucial chapters and trading the novel’s deft intertwining of humor and heartbreak for an uneven tone and well-meaning yet lackluster portrayals by Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess. The negative press is a bit disheartening given the film’s trailer provided snippets of what appeared to be an elegantly fluid representation of the book, likely to have piqued moviegoers’ interest. However, regardless of whether or not the movie leaves something to be desired, audiences needn’t worry about any dissatisfaction after reading the book itself. The novel chronicles twenty years of a relationship between two best friends who could also be soul mates. “You barely know me,” he says at one point. “I know the type,” she retorts. “The type?”
Notes On The PhD Degree Last week at the department colloquium coffee hour, several students engaged the faculty in a discussion about our Ph.D. program. It became clear that many of the students did not understand the basics; they were surprised at some of the questions and confused by some of the answers. These notes provide basic information about the purpose of a Ph.D. program in an attempt to help students decide whether to pursue a Ph.D. degree. The Basics A Doctor of Philosophy degree, abbreviated Ph.D., is the highest academic degree anyone can earn. To earn a Ph.D., one must accomplish two things. Mastering A Subject To master a subject, a student searches the published literature to find and read everything that has been written about the subject. Each university establishes general guidelines that a student must follow to earn a Ph.D. degree, and each college or department within a university sets specific standards by which it measures mastery of a subject. Extending Knowledge Relationship To Products
List of apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Apocalyptic fiction is a subgenre of science fiction that is concerned with the end of civilization due to a potentially existential catastrophe such as nuclear warfare, pandemic, extraterrestrial attack, impact event, cybernetic revolt, technological singularity, dysgenics, supernatural phenomena, divine judgment, climate change, resource depletion or some other general disaster. Post-apocalyptic fiction is set in a world or civilization after such a disaster. The time frame may be immediately after the catastrophe, focusing on the travails or psychology of survivors, or considerably later, often including the theme that the existence of pre-catastrophe civilization has been forgotten (or mythologized). Apocalypse is a Greek word referring to the end of the world. Works of apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction[edit] See also[edit] References[edit] External links[edit]
The 13 scariest books of all time NOT written by Stephen King Yes, we all know King is the Sultan of Scare, and that books like The Shining, Salem's Lot, and It will make you quake in your fuzzy slippers. But here are 13 books that'll start the shivers while spreading the wealth. SILENCE OF THE LAMBS Thomas Harris This isn't the first time we'd meet the psychopathic Hannibal Lecter—that'd be Red Dragon—but it was the most eerie. GHOST STORY Peter Straub Four men, comfortable in their middle-agedness, never speak of the young woman they killed 50 years before and buried in a watery grave. THE ROAD Cormac McCarthy Anyone who's ever been a parent or, for that matter, a child—in other words, everyone—can sense the post-apocalyptic dread in this Pulitzer Prize-winning story of a father who only wants to see his son safely across a savage, scarred landscape to a salvation that might not exist. DRACULA Bram Stoker It may be an oldie—one of the oldie-est, actually—but Stoker's Dracula is the fount from which incarnation of the modern vampire draws power.