Quick Hits
September 2, 2010
File Under: Self-Realization in Women 1
by Anne K. Yoder
Elizabeth Gilbert speaks to fantasies, specifically the 21st century American variety of jet-set enlightenment.
August 27, 2010
Again, I Ask: Are Picture Books Leading Our Children Astray? 12
by Jacob Lambert
The next time you’re in the supermarket, inspect a box of Alpha-Bits. What you’ll find in that milk-splashed bowl will shake you to your core.
August 11, 2010
Fourth-Grade Summer Reading: Portnoy’s Complaint 7
by Jacob Lambert
Portnoy complained about EVERYTHING. I probably should’ve picked Diary of A Wimpy Kid.
August 5, 2010
Instant Lessons: First Novel Karma 24
by Matt Stewart
I thought I was a decent member of the literary community. I read a local writers; I buy books at local bookstores; I go to at least one literary event a week. Then my own novel came out. Mountains crashed; music rang out; and I was flooded with the awareness that I’ve been doing a whole lot wrong.
July 29, 2010
I’d Rather Be a Lightning Rod: On Ken Kesey, Life, and the Landscapes of the Pacific Northwest 2
by Anne K. Yoder
I have been living in a room in a house perched on a cliff that overlooks the Oregon coast for almost a month. A window with an ocean view spans the width of my desk, but when I sit down to write, I often find myself doing anything but that.
July 21, 2010
A Report on the Vonnegut Effect 8
by Jacob Lambert
Despite Breakfast of Champions’ outraged pessimism, it was quite a lot of fun. I needed more.
