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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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Gertrude Stein and the Art of War
By Geo Ong I have nothing to say about war at this moment except one thing: war is a significant propeller for art. Like sadness, depression, and tragedy. Like poverty, heartbreak, and fear. In fact, war combines these six things … Continue reading
And Now, Langston Hughes Demonstrates How to Live a Decade
By Geo Ong Langston Hughes, primarily known as a poet of the Harlem Renaissance, also happened to be a pretty legit traveller. No further evidence is required than his travelogue of the 1930s, I Wonder As I Wander. In a … Continue reading
Posted in Geo, Literature, Travel
Tagged 1930s, america, books, communism, francisco franco, great depression, henri cartier-bresson, i wonder as i wander, jim crow, langston hughes, madame sun yat sen, mulatto, poets, russia, soviet union, spanish civil war, travel literature, travel writing, travelogues, World War II
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That’s What He Said
We must always remember that it is the things of the spirit that in the end prevail. That caring counts. That where there is no vision, people perish. That hope and faith count, and that without charity there can be … Continue reading
Posted in Margaret, That's What They Said
Tagged John GIlbert Winant, Winston Churchill, World War II
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Living as an Oxymoron in America
By Margaret Hedderman It wasn’t until December 8th, 1941, one day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, that Roosevelt finally declared war and the United States officially abandoned her isolationist tactics to become a member of the global community – … Continue reading
Margaret’s Summer Reading
Margaret is currently reading… The Long-Legged House by Wendell Berry Berry’s first collection of essays, The Long-Legged House depicts impoverished East Kentucky through the lens of environmental/sociological ethics and morality. He goes on to explore the meaning of “belonging” to … Continue reading
Hippies v. Hipsters: The Generation the Revolution Died?
By Sarah Jost In the 1950s, the Beat Generation renounced a focus on material possessions and conformity in favor of a life of bohemian creativity and experimentation. A direct result of the seriousness and repression of the World War II era, … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Money, Music, Sarah
Tagged Allen Ginsberg, animal cruelty, anti-establishment, Arcade Fire, Beat Generation, civil rights movement, fixed-gear bicycles, folk, hippies, Hipsters, hunger and poverty, Iraqi War, Jack Kerouac, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, oil spill, polar bears, Punk, the draft, Vietnam War, white privilege, William S. Burroughs, World War II
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