Culturally Speaking #25: The Silver Anniversary Edition
By Sarah Stodola
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As many of you know, I am currently writing my Master's thesis. Lately, I have started dreaming about writing my Master's thesis. It has followed that when I sit down to actually write my Master's thesis, I can no longer distinguish what has really been written and what has merely been dreamed of being written. This is making for some tough going.
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London isn't typically known for its skyscrapers, but anyway, here we are...
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Me Three contributor Lionel Beehner has a piece running in this Sunday's New York Times. Unfortunately, you can't link to webpages of the future, but look for it anyway.
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Jonathan Ames has a book coming out this summer in the grand tradition of P.G. Wodehouse. Stay tuned to this very site for more on this in the near future.
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This series on The Morning News by Gary Benchley has been consistently funny. This week he encounters the world of New York bloggers.
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Google is going public. Does that qualify as a cultural event?
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Generally, I am completely skeptical of "how to" books. But The Forest for the Trees, a book of advice for writers, has proven itself quite accurate, now that I have some experience of my own to weigh it against.
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Another verdict on postmodernism.
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The ten countries joining the EU this week will place 450 million people under the umbrella of one organization.
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Sarah Stodola is the Managing Editor of Me Three. She can be contacted at [email protected].
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