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The Weekly Urchin Recap
By Geo Ong This Urchin’s going on assignment, y’all. I leave tomorrow, and for ten days I will live in and explore the mystical city of Los Angeles. Yes, that one. Yeah, I know what you mean. Yeah, I did … Continue reading
That’s What She Said
What is a book? It’s a working hypothesis you use to get closer to things. —Christa Wolf, City of Angels
Posted in Geo, Literature, That's What They Said
Tagged books, christa wolf, city of angels, writing
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On Not Seeing
By Geo Ong A 1974 issue of Time reported that applications to journalism schools were at an all-time high, a big part of the reason being the media’s substantial role in the Watergate scandal. Without the investigative journalism of the … Continue reading
The Jazz Page
By Geo Ong What you once thought was order was closer to chaos; what you later came to see as chaos was closer to order. It’s all the same, the look of it depending on where you stand and who … Continue reading
New Orleans Knows
By Geo Ong The artist’s eye can redeem a disaster. Perhaps. —David Rutledge, from the introduction to Where We Know: New Orleans As Home No moment was sacred from the storm’s narrative. —Anne Gisleson, ‘Reconstruction Baby’ From afar it might’ve … Continue reading
Remembering Hiroshima
By Geo Ong One year after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, journalist John Hersey travelled to Japan to interview six ‘hibakusha’ (‘literally, explosion-affected persons,’ writes Hersey. ‘The Japanese tended to shy away from the term survivors, because in its focus … Continue reading
Posted in Film & Television, Geo, Literature, Politics & Global Issues
Tagged alain resnais, atomic bomb, atomic war, books, hiroshima, hiroshima mon amour, Japan, john hersey, the new yorker, War!, World War II
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Read with a Child Today
Last Friday, an incomprehensible act of violence took the lives of 20 children and eight adults. In honour of the children whose lives were taken, and in dedication to the ones who survived, we would like to share some of … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborative, Literature, Politics & Global Issues
Tagged alice mclerran, books, children, children's books, children's literature, eric carle, lost and found, Love, marije tolman, newtown, oliver jeffers, picture books, ronald tolman, sandy hook elementary school, the island, the mountain that loved a bird, tragedy
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