by Brad Pauquette | Nov 17, 2020 | Links
Writers are tough to buy for. Your literary shot glasses, each featuring the portrait of a long-dead author, are well-intentioned and thoughtful. Well, not thoughtful, more creepy. But you tried. Most writers don’t need another notebook, or a glow-in-the-dark pen...
by Brad Pauquette | May 31, 2014 | Brad's Thoughts, Links, Sejal
I read recently that when John Steinbeck published The Grapes of Wrath, it was criticized as being a polarizing exaggeration of the situation facing America. In fact, Steinbeck was toning down the true stories of the dust bowl that he was basing the story on. Today...
by Brad Pauquette | Feb 1, 2014 | Brad's Thoughts, Links
This morning, I read Steve Almond’s “Is it immoral to watch the Super Bowl?” from The New York Times. It’s a well constructed, well articulated article. Almond argues that the health risks of football outweigh the value of the sport, and that we’re...
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