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I Saw The Hunger Games Last Night
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I’m late, but in my defense I was on planes much of the last five days.
So a quick prefatory comment: I’m quoted on the back of The Hunger Games for nice things I said about the first book in the New York Times Book Review when it came out, so obviously I like the book. Back then, I remember thinking that if a movie adaptation ever happened (it seemed unlikely to me; I...
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Anonymous asked: When we study English Literature...
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1. It doesn’t matter if the meaning was intended. The job of reading is not to uncover what the author intended to say. Reading is an exercise in empathy and also an opportunity to think about the big questions of human history: What are our obligations to one another? How does the social order in which we live shape our understanding of ourselves? What ought we value? What...
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“Remember, The Avengers is a team movie — and there’s no “I” in team.
There is,...”
– ROBERT DOWNEY JR. (via karlnylander)
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