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May 10, 2012

Literary Tattoos (i): Tattooing Gertrude Stein

Tattoos are in the zeitgeist. Go back to Peter Greenaway’s The Pillow Book (1996) and take another look at the beauty of script on skin. Consider the strange attractiveness of Noomi Rapace as Lisbeth Salander in the Swedish film, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2007) where skin is a canvas on which art can [...]

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Literary Tattoos (i): Tattooing Gertrude Stein
Apr 23, 2012

Saying Thanks to Ursula Franklin

Parents teach us to say thank you. Sometimes we forget. Sometimes we don’t get the chance, or seize the chance, to say thanks to individuals who have contributed to our well-being in some way. Sometimes we get lucky, though. At a book launch for The Glass Art of Sarah Hall at the Nicholas Hoare Bookstore [...]

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Saying Thanks to Ursula Franklin
Apr 15, 2012

A Media Critique of Coverage on the Keystone XL Pipeline – Are Canadians and Americans Being Told all the Facts?

In developing countries, where issues of environment, human rights, jobs, politics and corporations collide, conflict is sure to follow.

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A Media Critique of Coverage on the Keystone XL Pipeline – Are Canadians and Americans Being Told all the Facts?
Apr 12, 2012

The Lorax: Who Speaks for the Trees?

The small orange forest-creature The Lorax does in the recent Hollywood movie inspired by the Dr. Seuss picture book. So do the protagonist Ted’s grandmother (voiced by Betty White) and his love interest Audrey (voiced by Taylor Swift)…

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The Lorax: Who Speaks for the Trees?
Mar 29, 2012

It’s embarrassing to say that at 38 I’m coming of age, but here I am. – Adam Cohen

Success has been a fruit that has been very slow to ripen for me… – Adam Cohen.

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It’s embarrassing to say that at 38 I’m coming of age, but here I am. – Adam Cohen