A Write All Nite book club would meet to discuss the book *while* we’re reading it.
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Sun of God
There’s a common refrain that, if Jesus re-graced the Earth with his presence today, instead of igniting the firestorm of controversy that greeted his first foray and that of other self-proclaimed prophets (Joan of Arc anyone? Joseph Smith? Etc.), present-day humanity would completely ignore him, too distracted by contemporary life’s endless cornucopia of nonstop bells-and-whistles to properly appreciate the Messiah in our midst.
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Simultaneous Shuffle
Hold your eye-rolls while I quote my own kicker:
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Here (For Now)
A happy ending? In this economy?
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Talking About the Heads
Let’s talk some more about talking-head documentaries:
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Dog or Dook (Dook Dook)
A technical detail as unnoticeable as a seemingly-peripheral sound effect can change how a movie plays.
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Reacting Heads
Towards this end, let’s investigate a documentary convention that could distort what’s being documented:
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Yes, I Read Books
Is Sally Rooney the literary Nanfu Wang??
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In the Same Life
Nanfu Wang’s body of work navigates the documentary dilemma addressed yesterday:
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Searching for a Personal Frame
Searching for Mr. Rugoff runs into a dilemma that besets many documentaries:
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