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Call for Contributions to an Essay Collection: Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye

This could end up being painfully dull, but I’m willing to give it the benefit of the doubt…

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The editor is currently seeking proposals for an essay collection inve…

Chuck Klosterman interprets foreign students interpreting America

Perhaps the most provocative essay argued for a tie between Ernest Hemingway and O.J. Simpson. The author’s point seemed to be that Hemingway was “not the typical American,” but that Simpson sort of was. And: One person wrote about the Hummer all-terrain vehicle. This is not technically a human, but I could see her point. […]

Disassembling Oppositional Culture: cooperation & monkeywrenching the system

A (half-hearted) attempt to identify cultures by their oppositional or cooperational elements; and an attempt to step away from the oppositional elements.

Die Fotografie: Auffassung, Kunst, Fakten Die kleine Figur meines Vaters von Peter Henisch

An essay on the significance of photography in Peter Henisch’s Die kleine Figur meines Vaters.