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Fascism by the Pool: A Screenplay in One Act
by Sarah Jost I’ve always been a big eavesdropper. Luckily, now that I’m a bit older and a writer, I can call it ‘journalism.’ A few days ago, I was enjoying a brief aquatic reprieve from Washington, D.C.’s current heat … Continue reading
Posted in Politics & Global Issues, Sarah, Travel
Tagged bible, busboys and poets, center of the universe, denmark, george w. bush, god in schools, holland, Islam, islamic europe, islamo fascism, islamofascism, manhattan, media, nazi, new jersey, Obama, philip jenkins, politics, quran, raising kids in new york, society, violence, Washington D.C.
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Learning by the Book: Why Picture Books Are Important (Despite What They May Say)
By Geo Ong The New York Times recently published an article titled ‘Picture Books No Longer a Staple for Children’, where the article’s author Julie Bosman explores the recent decline in popularity of children’s picture books. Though there may be … Continue reading
Posted in Geo, Literature
Tagged books, bookstores, candlewick press, child development, children, children's books, college, creativity, dara la porte, education, flower fairies, Harvard, high school, imagination, in the night kitchen, jodi picoult, julie bosman, karen lotz, learning, maurice sendak, mitch albom, munro leaf, nicholas sparks, noodle, parenting, picture books, picture books no longer a staple for children, politics and prose, pressure, reading, school, stephanie meyer, the new york times, twilight, university, Washington D.C., william shakespeare, young readers
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1st Annual Urchie Award Winners!
What a show! Sincere thanks to all who read and voted! Here they are, your winners! Book of the Year Imperial by William T. Vollmann Novelist (that’s right, novelist) William T. Vollmann spent ten years of his life on this … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Money, Collaborative, Examples in Urchinism, Film & Television, Literature, Music, The Urchies, Travel
Tagged 826, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, award shows, Away We Go, beatles, belgium, books, brussels, cheryl cole, chris cleave, clean breaks, dave eggers, edinburgh, ewan mcgregor, george clooney, hanson, imperial, inglourious basterds, inherent vice, jackson browne, jeremy smith, kathryn bigelow, nonfiction, paul mccartney, richard hammond, scotland, st. vincent, The Hurt Locker, thomas pynchon, Up, urchie lifetime achievement award, urchies, vendela vida, Washington D.C., Where the Wild Things Are, william t vollmann
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1st Annual Urchie Award Nominations!
[UPDATE: Find out who won!] The day you have been waiting for is finally here. The Golden Globes and Grammys have passed. The Oscars loom forebodingly in the not-so-distant future. But none of that matters! The only important award show … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborative, Examples in Urchinism, Film & Television, Literature, Music, The Urchies, Travel
Tagged 826, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, academy awards, award shows, Away We Go, brussels, cheryl cole, chris cleave, clean breaks, dave eggers, edinburgh, ewan mcgregor, film of the year, george clooney, grammys, hanson, imperial, inglourious basterds, inherent vice, jackson browne, jeremy smith, judd apatow, little bee, long way round, Oscars, paul mccartney, Pixar, Quintin Tarantino, richard hammond, st. vincent, Stand Up Stand Up, The Hurt Locker, thomas pynchon, Todd Phillips, Up, urchies, vendela vida, Washington D.C., Where the Wild Things Are, william t vollmann
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What Is SUPERFLEX?
By Geo Ong While in Washington, D. C., I bopped into the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden beside the National Mall. In addition to wonderful paintings by Joan Miró and Edward Hopper as well as one of the best sculpture … Continue reading →