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Having won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for his novel Independence Day, Richard Ford inspired high praise from the New York Times Book Review. “Nobody now writing looks more like an American classic,” the magazine said. A Multitude of Sins, Ford??s latest collection of short stories about burnt-out Baby Boomers, is by all means a well-crafted book. But is it a classic...
...Ford??s style drips with poetry and extended metaphors drawn from typical modern situations. Whether using a roadkilled raccoon to represent a broken marriage or comparing a puppy to the role of fate in our lives, his stories reveal the fleeting magic in everyday situations...
Using patriotism in advertising is nothing new. After all, Detroit’s “Big Three”—Chrysler, GM and Ford??were built on that principle (ironically, Chrysler is now owned by Germans). Furthermore, the commercialization of Christmas has been an issue for decades. It is the merging and amplification of these darker, manipulative parts of capitalism that suggests that the malls may be more stifling than usual this holiday season...
...Shoichet ’04, a Crimson editor, is a History and Literature Concentrator in Winthrop House. In addition to wandering the streets of Detroit, she spends her spare summer moments haunting the streets of Ann Arbor, trying to catch a glimpse of Lee C. “Harrison Ford?? Bollinger...
January 15, 1975: Ford??s State of the Union Address proposes tax cuts, higher fuel costs and ways to alleviate recession...