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July 7, 2018

Watch: ‘Vive le Tour!’ Louis Malle’s Short Documentary of the 1962 Tour de France

Today, the Tour de France begins. Our government is cruel and incompetent and corrupt, and many countries all over the world are currently active combat zones experiencing major humanitarian crises, so right now it’s kind of difficult to focus on anything as frivolous as the Tour de France. But, as we look at the world … Continue reading Watch: ‘Vive le Tour!’ Louis Malle’s Short Documentary of the 1962 Tour de France

February 5, 2018October 23, 2018

Review: ‘Sing, Unburied, Sing’ by Jesmyn Ward

The novel ‘Sing, Unburied, Sing’ by Jesmyn Ward is, essentially, two different stories happening at once: a road-trip story and a story about a multi-generational family in Mississippi coming undone under the weight and history of American racism and mass incarceration. It’s the story of thirteen-year-old Jojo and his three-year-old sister Kayla, who live with … Continue reading Review: ‘Sing, Unburied, Sing’ by Jesmyn Ward

October 30, 2016October 30, 2016

Review: From the Dust Returned by Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury is probably most well-known for his seminal dystopian work, Fahrenheit 451. If you were lucky, you had a good English teacher in high school who assigned Fahrenheit 451; not as a mere reading assignment, but as a means to open minds and discussions to the ills of censorship. If you were really lucky, … Continue reading Review: From the Dust Returned by Ray Bradbury

October 26, 2016November 20, 2019