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Culturally Speaking #67
By Sarah Stodola
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The British appreciate a magazine -- I looked and couldn't come up with any hard numbers, but informal observation tells me that there is a magazine for virtually any interest a person may have in this fair kingdom.
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I have only just now discovered "The Digested Read," a feature in the Guardian Books section that summarizes new books by summarizing them in their own style. Here's the one for Everything Bad is Good for You. It's an interesting concept, but it seems inherently flawed in that since each "read" is by definition a form of satire, the series lends itself to criticism, but not praise. I think that if I ever had a novel published, I would take it as a compliment if it was never covered in this feature...
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Do we hold depression up as something sacred? As something that actually helps contribute to progress? One psychiatrist suspects the answer is yes. But it's a trickier question to ask whether depression actually is sacred, aside from any misguided perceptions we may have.
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I really love this whole entry on what Michael Cunningham has to say about almost having moved to New Orleans in his twenties (via maudnewton.com via kenfoster.blogspot.com). It brings up the perpetual warring desires to live one's life and to "do something with it."
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The saga of the old Kokie's space in Williamsburg continues. It just gets more and more wholesome all the time...
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Here in London, the national news last night ran a ten-minute feature on how to implement and utilize alternate energy sources. It covered the subject on both a macro and micro level. It discussed costs, politics, barriers, and on and on, until the viewer came to have a comprehensive sense of the problems and solutions. Can you imagine seeing that on Nightly News in America?! Not a chance!
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Over here, the whole EU Constitution thing is a REALLY big deal. I'd be curious to here from people back in the States if it's being talked about much over there.
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Posh Spice is very famous here.
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Sarah Stodola is the Executive Editor of Me Three. She can be contacted here.
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