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The Godfather (of Creative Nonfiction)

Just before the semester ended, I made this video with my friends Alan Schulte, Jennie Latson, and Alicia de Los Reyes, in honor of Lee Gutkind, the “Godfather of Creative Nonfiction.”

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Angels & Demons

After almost a decade of conservative Christianity dominating America’s social and political landscape, it feels like the never-ending debate between science and religion finally is entering a cooling-off period. But just like its protagonist, Harvard symbology professor Robert Langdon, “Angels … Continue reading

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On the third day, they scavenged

Here at Stately Clow Manor, we’re always looking for ways to keep life interesting and fun, and there are few things more interesting and/or fun than gallavanting around Dover in a quest to solve puzzles and collect random junk. That’s … Continue reading

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Watchmen

When “Watchmen” was first published in 1985, it was a revelation, a striking piece of sequential art that pushed superhero comics out of the realm of cheap entertainment and into the realm of literature. There had always been comics for … Continue reading

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Crosswalk Follies

I love you, Dover, but you’re killing me. Well, you haven’t killed me yet, but as someone who mostly gets around town on foot, the odds of me getting smashed by a car are pretty good and getting better. Just … Continue reading

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Friday the 13th

When Sean S. Cunningham began work on the original “Friday the 13th” almost 30 years ago, he had nothing more than a title and a vague idea about making a horror film in the vein of John Carpenter’s ultra-successful “Halloween”. … Continue reading

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freaks on film

“Freaky Farley” is a cult movie in search of a cult. It’s a movie for the future—not so much because it’s revolutionary or groundbreaking (it isn’t), but because it was made with an eye toward midnight movie fans and B-movie … Continue reading

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shameless plugs, the Thursday edition

First off, I’ve got a review of The Strangers up at cinema-suicide.com. There’s also a review of Sex and the City up at The Wire. The short verdict on both: meh. There haven’t been two more different movies opening up … Continue reading

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Welcome page

You can either set this up as an actual blog and build up your reputation as an expert in a field, or you can set this to be a standard greeting type of page.

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