The Powerpoint Anthology of Literature

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IF Comp 2004 Results

—IF Comp 2004 Results (IFComp.org) Luminous Horizons, by Paul O’Brian, is the winner. Similar:The Strangest, Most Spectacular Bridge Collapse (And How We Got It Wrong)At a glance of the edited footage, it’s …DesignPoetry Out Loud : Learning RecitationI’m one of the judges in a “Poetry Out L…AcademiaLe règne des robotsÉcrite en 1920 et jouée pour la…

Firefox 1.0 Makes Flashy Debut

Firefox 1.0 has excellent bookmark-management features, some of which were present in earlier versions of the browser. Users can, with one click, sort bookmarks according to site name, location, date last visited, etc. The newest bookmark feature is Live Bookmarks, which allows users to browse RSS feeds from their favorite websites directly from the site’s…

Liberal Groupthink Is Anti-Intellectual

After Nixon crushed McGovern in the 1972 election, the film critic Pauline Kael made a remark that has become a touchstone among conservatives. “I don’t know how Richard Nixon could have won,” she marveled. “I don’t know anybody who voted for him.” While the second sentence indicates the sheltered habitat of the Manhattan intellectual, the…

9 Interviews

Each year, on the day after Christmas, scholars and teachers of Modern Languages convene for their annual North American conference. At that conference, countless job interviews take place — an early step for some toward achieving a coveted academic position. 9interviews.com documents the progress of nine such scholars, each one committed to attaining a place…

Out of site

Many people come here, just as many people seek out the stage, because they know it is a place where they won’t have to grow up too quickly, where the fickleness and irresponsibility of youth are a way of life. Pasts and past relationships are shed like so much old luggage. The unspoken, winking conviction…