Avataralexeblazer‘Fight Club’ Author Chuck Palahniuk Says China’s Censored Ending Is Actually Truer to His Visionverified_publisherhollywoodreporter.com - Patrick BrzeskiBefore the cult 1999 film began streaming in China, censors drastically changed the ending so that the anarchist narrator is caught and punished for …
AvataralexeblazerBogus Social Media Outrage Is Making Authors Change Lines in Their Books Nowverified_publisherslate.com - Laura MillerThe silly idea that a fictional character’s statements reflect an author’s actual beliefs is spreading. Elin Hilderbrand writes novels about people …
AvataralexeblazerPoetry’s Rock Starverified_publisherslate.com - Fred KaplanLawrence Ferlinghetti changed American culture forever. Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who died on Monday at the age of 101, was one of the key figures in …
AvataralexeblazerHow the Internet Archive Digitizes 3,500 Books a Day–the Hard Way, One Page at a Timeopenculture.com - by Josh JonesDoes turning the pages of an old book excite you? How about 3 million pages? That’s how many pages Eliza Zhang has scanned over her ten years with …
Avataralexeblazer“Who’s Laughing Now, Assholes?” A Letter from Henry David Thoreau to Literature Faculties at Cushy Liberal Arts Schoolsmcsweeneys.net - by Ron FeinDear Professors — It’s been a minute, right? A few months ago, you were talking smack about my year in a cabin. Now you’re trapped in your condo in …
AvataralexeblazerThe 1918 Flu Pandemic Killed Millions. So Why Does Its Cultural Memory Feel So Faint?verified_publisherslate.com - Rebecca OnionAccording to scholar Elizabeth Outka, the tragedy haunts modernist literature between the lines. Last year, I wrote an anniversary piece about the …
