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Month: July 2014

Random Reading (#2): Mikhail Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita (1967, uncensored 1973)

July 28, 2014 Benjamin D. Hagen

A friend of mine recommended The Master and Margarita to me about eight years ago. Though I have forgotten which translation he favored, I made my

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Random Reading (#1): Elizabeth Bowen’s The Heat of the Day (1948)

July 16, 2014 Benjamin D. Hagen

An overdue research project has kept me from my “slow readings” for a few weeks, but I have had some time in my mornings to work my

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Donna Haraway, “Anthropocene, Capitalocene, Chthulucene: Staying with the Trouble” (5/9/14)

July 16, 2014 Benjamin D. Hagen

You can’t watch this Haraway lecture through my site, but it’s worth checking out on Vimeo. (The Woolf reference near the beginning makes me smile.) Donna

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Reading Aloud (#15): Wilfred Owen’s “Dulce et Decorum Est” (1917)

July 1, 2014 Benjamin D. Hagen

Dulce et Decorum Est Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge, Till on the haunting flares we

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