Another round of rational and intelligent discussion, this time about John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men.” Drink every time Sarah mentions, holds, or eats an olive. Drink every time Chandler says someone’s name. Drink every time there is a physical connection between the two. Drink every time you remember how awesome Chandler’s shirt is. Drink every time they drink.
“No one wants advice – only corroboration.”
In this case an honest answer is okay even if you don’t corroborate with me or John Steinbeck.
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Tony and Roman Ortega, witnesses to the pivotal moment in the strike that John Steinbeck used for the basis in ‘In Dubious Battle,’ talking about the shooting at Pixley and more
I’d pick Marilyn, but I wouldn’t put James Dean on hold either.
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Obviously, the value of a book depends on the opinions of the person valuing it. One person can love a book that another person hates. Nonetheless, some books have stood out as generally beloved and almost universally considered great. Let me list four of my favorite classic books that I think you need to read if you have not already.
“The Catcher in the Rye” by J. D. Salinger – Despite its excessive use of profanity and its sexual parts, even many high-schools have “The Catcher in the Rye” on their reading list. And one can see why. This novel by Salinger tells a disturbingly realistic tale that highlights adolescence and teenage angst. I love most of all its underlying commentary on the resistance of growing up by teens who have already lost their innocence.
2009 full of great theater and strong performances
One man traveled around the world in 80 days on a bet. Another circumnavigated the globe to collect a library fine. Several more brave men gathered to change the world from a single room in Philadelphia.
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Remembering the Great DepressionThree local women share first-person perspectives from the 1930s
SAYRE — The stock market crash of Oct. 29, 1929, and the ensuing decade referred to as The Great Depression saw unemployment rates push 30 percent and many affected families becoming much thriftier out of necessity.
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Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression by Morris Dickstein | Book review
Andrew Dickson looks on the bright side of an economic catastrophe Scrabble your way up San Francisco’s Telegraph Hill and you find yourself at Coit Tower, a gleaming Art Deco spire built in 1933 after an eccentric heiress decided the city needed a spot of smartening up. It is a strange sight – a cross between firehose and missile silo, overlooking the sweep of the Bay Bridge – but the series of …
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