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Anglo-Saxon Attitudes

by Amaya Rivera

[23.Jul.08] :. An acid-tongued humor, playing towards a number of stuffy British stereotypes.

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Ten Days in the Hills by Jane Smiley

by Margaria Fichtner [The Miami Herald]

[15.Feb.07] :. What should you do when war starts? Visit a friend! Talk! Have sex!

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The Greenlanders by Jane Smiley

by Tim O'Neil

[1.Jun.06] :. The historian's customary irony is replaced with the assumed fatalism of the Norse themselves, for whom death was a harsh fact of daily existence. The effect is monumental, and carries the burnished authenticity of a long-lost epic.

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Blogs
Short Ends and Leader: ‘Mr. Fox’ is Indeed ‘Fantastic’
Re:Print: The Fate of the Epistolary Novel
Notes from the Road: Devo + JP Incorporated: 23 November 2009 - Phoenix Theatre, Toronto
Mixed Media: Headlights - “Love Song for Buddy” (video)
Channel Surfing: All That Ends, Should End Well on TV
Consuming Consumables: Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong
Marginal Utility: Refuting the paradox of choice

Music
:. The Rolling Stones: Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out (40th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set)
:. John Mayer: Battle Studies
:. Duran Duran: Rio Special Limited Edition / Live at Hammersmith ‘82!
:. Jay Farrar and Benjamin Gibbard: One Fast Move or I’m Gone: Music From Kerouac’s Big Sur
:. Raekwon: Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2
:. Heavy Trash: Midnight Soul Serenade
:. Otto: Certa Manhã Acordei de Sonhos Intranquilos

Events
:. Galactic + Mike Dillon’s Go-Go Jungle: 6 November 2009 - Austin, TX

Film
:. The Road
:. Ninja Assassin

DVDs
:. The L Word: The Final Season
:. Frailty
:. The Monster Squad: 20th Anniversary Edition (Blu-ray)

Books
:. Writing in the Dark, by David Grossman
:. Bicycle Diaries by David Byrne

Multimedia
:. Where the Wild Things Are

News
:. INTERVIEW:Comedian and author Aaron Karo shares his thoughts on being single
:. INTERVIEW:Ed O’Neill is married with a child in ‘Modern Family’
:. INTERVIEW:Barbara Taylor Bradford: a real ‘Woman of Substance’
:. E-readers: The price might entice readers, author notes

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