Word: tooing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Hodge has not read Purdy carefully enough to express himself coherently on the topic, but one senses that Hodge's criticism is built upon umbrage at the fact that For Common Things, at its heart, is not about intellectual arguments but rather about Jedediah Purdy's passionate hopes. The instance...
Purdy is certainly heir to this tradition of highlighting the exemplary individual, and what is remarkable is the extent to which he seems to understand and to successfully employ the techniques and the tropes of American environmentalist literature. What these techniques come down to, at bottom, has always been the...
The cowboy needs to chill out. Once upon a time, Garth Brooks was a Cinderfella, the epitome of the rags-to-riches superstar tale--and a stellar example of perservering talent. He rose to the top of the industry, was a crossover megastar and completely owned country music. But of...
Trying to figure out fashion at Harvard is like trying to figure out what the "three meats" are in the dining hall's "three meat lasagna." It's a big mish-mash of good, bad and often ugly. It's like any normal school--only with a lot more prepsters...
From Aristotle to Twain to Joyce, the complaint is the same: too much reading.