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Another technique that Coles brings to his teaching is what he describes as his version of "interdisciplinary" learning: using literature together with art as a vehicle for social reflection. In both his freshman seminar and General Education course, for example, Coles juxtaposes Edward Hopper's paintings with Carver's short stories...
...Hopper street scenes and the people who he gives us in his paintings are ordinary American people struggling with the complexities of human life: the strains, the opportunities, the difficulties," Coles explains. "This is the same life that Carver evokes in his fiction...
...Dunno," said Mildred, my neighbor. "Seems like Mario Cuomo should be here by now." We met at the town recycling center. She was trying to slip an elderly single-bed mattress past the vigilant fellow who runs the garbage hopper...
...mattresses," said the hopper commandant...
...truism by now: rock 'n' roll, born-and-bred rebel music, languishes when it becomes a commercial tool, part of a marketing package. When Dennis Hopper made Easy Rider and Martin Scorsese made Mean Streets, the use of rock 'n' roll on a movie sound track was practically revolutionary. Now it's de rigueur: the rip-snorting Thelma & Louise, with first-rate tunes by the likes of Toni Childs, Marianne Faithfull and Glenn Frey, released its sound track even before the movie hit the theaters. This is good for the movie and good for business, but it makes rock part...