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...After hailing the results of its latest survey, the NEA's chairman asks the obvious follow-up: "What happened in the past six years to revitalize American literary reading?" His answer is disappointing: "There is no statistical answer to this question." Not one to let the absence of facts spoil a good story, Gioia then goes on to propose that perhaps the sheer volume of electronic entertainment and communication we're exposed to has created a backlash of sorts, prompting a reading renaissance. But as L.A. Times reporter Carolyn Kellogg points out, is it really accurate to consider laptops...
...possible we've reached a moment of creative commiseration. A friend in Iowa was invited to a poverty party--"because why should a worldwide recession spoil all our fun!" the invitation said. Guests were told to bring "a dish to share, a (cheap) bottle of wine, a hard-luck story and a devil-may-care attitude." We share casserole experiments: food itself becomes communal, everything in the fridge pitching in. You learn a lot about your neighbors when you carpool, and save...
...plot of “Romeo and Juliet” to appreciate that chapter. And this, in a sense, is part of Garber’s overall point. So while Garber tells us outright what she’s going to accomplish in her book, she does anything but spoil the surprise. Each chapter opens another door to our understanding of Shakespeare’s works and thereby the overall influences of literature in our modern culture. It would be unfair to merely say that Garber’s newest text doesn’t disappoint; it is rich with...
...after lunch beside the Atlantis' aquarium. "Quite a lot of it is just chemistry. We have great respect for one another. We have fun in what we're doing." As Kerzner was out to demonstrate, when Dubai wants to throw a party, even a global financial meltdown can't spoil the fun - especially if the world's greatest saloonkeeper is in town...
...much away,” O’Hagan jokes. “But it just goes along the lines of Coach Murphy saying ‘Be ready.’ I guess I’ll leave it at that. I don’t want to spoil the fun.” Murphy tried out his new game plan on first and 10 from the Holy Cross 13 last Friday, and things seemed to be going according to plan as O’Hagan ran for eight yards on first down. But on the very next play...