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The Brain-Dead Megaphone: Essays
by
George Saunders
Aug. 18, 2017 - Aug. 19, 2017
(read/literary-criticism/essay-collections)
Saunders, G. (2010). The Brain-Dead Megaphone: Essays. Bloomsbury Publishing.
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crèche »
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skeins »
a length of thread or yarn, loosely coiled and kn…
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prelapsarian »
(adjective) characteristic of or belonging to the…
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paucity »
the presence of something only in small or insuff…
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verities »
(noun) the quality or state of being true or real…
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Because we feel ourselves first and foremost as p…
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[...] _Huck Finn_ is a great book because it tell…
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The questions about race in _Huck Finn_ tend to c…
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[...] Huck and Tom represent two viable models of…
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If, at the moment when someone cuts us off in tra…
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The Braindead Megaphone
a polemic about the dumbing-down of media, cus the person with the loudest voice forces everyone else to react, plus the profit motive makes media drift away from its original purpose. I agree with the sentiment but I didn't really like the way it was written (too heavy-handed)
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The Braindead Megaphone
a polemic about the dumbing-down of media, cus the person with the loudest voice forces everyone else to react, plus the profit motive makes media drift away from its original purpose. I agree with the sentiment but I didn't really like the way it was written (too heavy-handed)
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The New Mecca
about Dubai. there were some good moments but the overall tone was annoying
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Thank You, Esther Forbes
some nun at his primary school gave him a Newbery-winning book by Esther Forbes, who wrote things like "On rocky islands gulls woke"
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Thank You, Esther Forbes
some nun at his primary school gave him a Newbery-winning book by Esther Forbes, who wrote things like "On rocky islands gulls woke"
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A Survey of the Literature
I hated this. honestly felt like something I would have been proud to write when I was 12. about "fluid-nations" (most notably People Reluctant To Kill For An Abstraction, but a bunch of other Annoyingly Capitalised Terms)
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A Survey of the Literature
I hated this. honestly felt like something I would have been proud to write when I was 12. about "fluid-nations" (most notably People Reluctant To Kill For An Abstraction, but a bunch of other Annoyingly Capitalised Terms)
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Mr. Vonnegut in Sumatra
about his general admiration for Vonnegut and what he had accomplished with Slaughterhouse-Five
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Mr. Vonnegut in Sumatra
about his general admiration for Vonnegut and what he had accomplished with Slaughterhouse-Five
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A Brief Study of the British
about his trip to the Hay literary festival. classic overly American satire. mostly crap. like one good line
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A Brief Study of the British
about his trip to the Hay literary festival. classic overly American satire. mostly crap. like one good line
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Nostalgia
another satirical piece about too much porn and violence in the media etc
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Ask the Optimist!
hated this one too (like the letter-writing scene in Bleak Expectations, but replace the dry British humour with onanistic American chortling)
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Ask the Optimist!
hated this one too (like the letter-writing scene in Bleak Expectations, but replace the dry British humour with onanistic American chortling)
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Proclamation
a really tasteless one about declaring a jihad on the English language? weird
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Proclamation
a really tasteless one about declaring a jihad on the English language? weird
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Woof: A Plea of Sorts
a stupid one from the POV of a dog
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The Great Divider
pseudo-investigative journalism piece about the US-Mexico border. He rides with Minutemen for a bit. Not as crisp as the Mother Jones piece but there are some good moments
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The Great Divider
pseudo-investigative journalism piece about the US-Mexico border. He rides with Minutemen for a bit. Not as crisp as the Mother Jones piece but there are some good moments
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Thought Experiment
in which George Saunders discovers that a lot of one's character + prospects in life are determined by luck and circumstance
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Thought Experiment
in which George Saunders discovers that a lot of one's character + prospects in life are determined by luck and circumstance
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The Perfect Gerbil: Reading Barthelme's "The School"
pretty good. his serious takes on literature are a lot better than his satires
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The Perfect Gerbil: Reading Barthelme's "The School"
pretty good. his serious takes on literature are a lot better than his satires
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The United States of Huck: Introduction to Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
about the complexities of huckleberry finn. really good
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The United States of Huck: Introduction to Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
about the complexities of huckleberry finn. really good
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Buddha Boy
i'm mixed on this one ... he makes some interesting meta-points, but the rest felt unfocused and pointless and even kinda vapid
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Buddha Boy
i'm mixed on this one ... he makes some interesting meta-points, but the rest felt unfocused and pointless and even kinda vapid
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Manifesto: A Press Release From PRKA
more about People Reluctant To Kill For An Abstraction
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Manifesto: A Press Release From PRKA
more about People Reluctant To Kill For An Abstraction
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