As I mentioned in my last blog post, my friend Kathy and I are struggling through a very boring book for French class at a fancy private school in 1969... Kathy has news for me about this book. “It’s got cutting off asses in it,” Kathy whispers to me at the library. “What?” I reply … Continue reading When satire gets serious about human rights: Encountering CANDIDE
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Wyl Villacres, “Dear White People in my MFA Program” and commentary — coloring books project 2015
Friends -- I was just about to post a piece on satire, where I talk about the ways in which satiric writing has become a problematic mode of address for white writers trying to be "edgy" -- when lo and behold, here appears a great example of a satiric essay, written from a POC perspective. … Continue reading Wyl Villacres, “Dear White People in my MFA Program” and commentary — coloring books project 2015
Got dystopia? The history of our hunger for the nightmare society
Dear Magically Real: I have some questions for you. What’s a dystopia and where does the first one show up? What do you think of the Hunger Games? Are you excited about the movie? I love the way those people look in the trailer they are showing! They remind me a little of the Marie … Continue reading Got dystopia? The history of our hunger for the nightmare society
Stephanie Barbé Hammer Writing (Un) Real 