Culture
‘The Old Ways’ masterfully centers Mexican indigenous culture at the heart of an exorcism
October 14, 2021Come for the exorcism, stay for the compelling story. No holy water required.
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Poetry: ‘The Next’
October 13, 2021A new poem from Chris Butters.
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‘There’s Someone Inside Your House:’ A mid-tier cancel culture slasher flick
October 8, 2021The plot of this story is probably one you’ve heard hundreds of times. Yet, it isn’t the overarching set-up that makes this movie worth watching, but rather the details added within.
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Tanzanian Abdulrazak Gurnah awarded Nobel literature prize
October 8, 2021The Swedish Academy said the award was in recognition of Gurnah’s “uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee.”
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Recalling Victor Klemperer (1881-1960) and his ‘Language of the Third Reich’
October 7, 2021Victor Klemperer is remembered for his seminal study of the language of the Nazis.
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