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• Poem of the Week: Our Generation by Carl Dennis

  By Vegan Cinephile on April 11, 2014 • ( 0 )

  Our Generation Whatever they’ll say about our delinquencies, They’ll have to agree we managed to bridge the gap Between those who arrived before us And those who followed. We learned enough At the schools available to fill the entry-level positions… Read More ›

• Strength and Honor: Happy Birthday, Russell Crowe!

  By Vegan Cinephile on April 7, 2014 • ( 3 )

  

    “I don’t like the idea of going to the office. I’m a fucking gypsy, man, and I come from a long line of gypsies, and some great tradition of gypsies who tell stories. You know? That’s what my job… Read More ›

• Poem of the Week: Ka ‘Ba by Imamu Amiri Baraka

  By Vegan Cinephile on April 4, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Ka ‘Ba A closed window looks down on a dirty courtyard, and black people call across or scream or walk across defying physics in the stream of their will Our world is full of sound Our world is more lovely… Read More ›

• Poem of the Week: On Leaving the Bachelorette Brunch by Rachel Wetzsteon

  By Vegan Cinephile on March 28, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  On Leaving the Bachelorette Brunch Because I gazed out the window at birds doing backflips when the subject turned to diamonds, because my eyes glazed over with the slightly sleepy sheen your cake will wear,   never let it be… Read More ›

• A Letter to the Editor for the Love of Libraries: Why David Harsanyi Got it Wrong

  By Vegan Cinephile on March 26, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

    Thanks to my colleagues on the ALA Think Tank (a Facebook group virtually connecting librarians), I came across an article this week from the culture section of The Federalist titled “Libraries Are Failing America: Why Are We Subsidizing the Entertainment… Read More ›

• Adopt Jynx!

  By Vegan Cinephile on March 24, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  7/24/14 Update: Jynx has been adopted! I just called Tails of Courage and their adoption coordinator let me know that Jynx was adopted by a gentleman in May, who has completely fallen in love with her.  Yay for Jynx and the sweet… Read More ›

• Poem of the Week: The Shoelace by Charles Bukowski

  By Vegan Cinephile on March 21, 2014 • ( 0 )

  The Shoelace a woman, atire that’s flat, adisease, adesire: fears in front of you,fears that hold so stillyou can study themlike pieces on achessboard…it’s not the large things thatsend a man to themadhouse. death he’s ready for, ormurder, incest, robbery,… Read More ›

• Who Built the Arc? Noah, Noah!

  By Vegan Cinephile on March 14, 2014 • ( 4 )

  

  And now in the “No Shit, Sherlock” category of entertainment news: In a move clearly aimed to appease potential religious critics, Paramount Pictures is adding a disclaimer to marketing materials for “Noah,” writer-director Darren Aronofsky’s drama about the great flood. The… Read More ›

• Poem of the Week: 8 Fragments for Kurt Cobain by Jim Carroll

  By Vegan Cinephile on March 14, 2014 • ( 2 )

  8 Fragments for Kurt Cobain 1/ Genius is not a generous thing In return it charges more interest than any amount of royalties can cover And it resents fame With bitter vengeance Pills and powdres only placate it awhile Then… Read More ›

• Nebraska: Just Send Me a Postcard (Spoilers)

  By Vegan Cinephile on March 9, 2014 • ( 6 )

  

  92% on Rotten Tomatoes? New York Times Critics’ Pick? Six Oscar Nominations? I guess I was expecting more.  Alexander Payne’s latest film and homage to his hometown, Nebraska, didn’t much impress me.  Like his previous films, About Schmidt and The Descendants, the film has a meandering,… Read More ›

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