http://www.examiner.com/x-13558-Contemporary-Literature-Examiner?cid=exrss-Contemporary-Literature-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:29:36 -0700 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:50:54 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-13558-Contemporary-Literature-Examiner~y2009m7d24-Info-101-How-to-spot-and-avoid-unnecessary-entanglement-in-a-destructive-chimp-pyramid?cid=exrss-Contemporary-Literature-Examiner Photoshop image: Dr. Prof Kloun Shooze Contemporary Literature Examiner info 101: Recognizing and avoiding a miserable and unworkable chimp pyramid As part of a new Examiner campaign, each examiner is supposed to post an entry about how to do s... chimp pyramid info 101 how-to boot licking toadies Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:50:54 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13558-Contemporary-Literature-Examiner~y2009m7d24-Info-101-How-to-spot-and-avoid-unnecessary-entanglement-in-a-destructive-chimp-pyramid?cid=exrss-Contemporary-Literature-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13558-Contemporary-Literature-Examiner~y2009m7d22-Book-review-The-Physick-Book-of-Deliverance-Dane-and-The-Little-Stanger?cid=exrss-Contemporary-Literature-Examiner Photo: Jesse Butler In this review: Katherine Howe's The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane and Sarah Waters' The Little Stranger In some sense, both Sarah Water's The Little Stranger and Katherine Howe's The Physic Book of Deliverance Dane are supern... horror summer reading fiction supernatural colonial new england witchcraft Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:26:27 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13558-Contemporary-Literature-Examiner~y2009m7d22-Book-review-The-Physick-Book-of-Deliverance-Dane-and-The-Little-Stanger?cid=exrss-Contemporary-Literature-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13558-Contemporary-Literature-Examiner~y2009m7d6-Book-review-Haruki-Murakamis-The-WindUp-Bird-Chronicle?cid=exrss-Contemporary-Literature-Examiner Photo: Jesse Butler The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: The Motif of Agency by guest examiner Ivana Simi&#263 The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami, takes us on a journey following its protagonist, Mr. Toru Okada. Mr. Okada, or (‘M... fiction comedy social criticism angst chimp pyramid haruki murakami the wind-up bird chronicle japan Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:56:16 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13558-Contemporary-Literature-Examiner~y2009m7d6-Book-review-Haruki-Murakamis-The-WindUp-Bird-Chronicle?cid=exrss-Contemporary-Literature-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13558-Contemporary-Literature-Examiner~y2009m6d23-Book-review-Dan-Simmons-The-Terror?cid=exrss-Contemporary-Literature-Examiner photo: Jesse Butler The topic of an earlier "mini-review" was two recent books by Dan Simmons: Drood and The Terror. I promised longer separate reviews for each work. This review is devoted entirely to the latter.Aside from being spot-on... dan simmons the terror drood new fiction genre horror summer reading fiction Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:46:51 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13558-Contemporary-Literature-Examiner~y2009m6d23-Book-review-Dan-Simmons-The-Terror?cid=exrss-Contemporary-Literature-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13558-Contemporary-Literature-Examiner~y2009m6d19-Film-review-Tokyo-Sonata?cid=exrss-Contemporary-Literature-Examiner photo: Jesse Butler One of the best scenes of Tokyo Sonata, directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, is an interview at which Ryuhei Sasaki is asked to demonstrate his strongest, most valuable skills. The interviewer is a young man asking the recently laid-off... comedy social criticism angst film tokyo sonata chimp pyramid prodigy Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:51:52 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13558-Contemporary-Literature-Examiner~y2009m6d19-Film-review-Tokyo-Sonata?cid=exrss-Contemporary-Literature-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13558-Contemporary-Literature-Examiner~y2009m6d16-Film-review-The-Hangover?cid=exrss-Contemporary-Literature-Examiner Photo: Jesse Butler  Two friends, Phil and Stu, and Alan, the hilariously mal-adjusted brother of the fiancée of another friend (Doug), wake up in a villa in Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. Each has an apocalyptic hangover, nobody ca... comedy social criticism angst film hangover Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:25:43 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13558-Contemporary-Literature-Examiner~y2009m6d16-Film-review-The-Hangover?cid=exrss-Contemporary-Literature-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13558-Contemporary-Literature-Examiner~y2009m6d15-Magazine-article-review-Barrack-Hoover-Obama-and-Labors-last-stand-from-Harpers-709?cid=exrss-Contemporary-Literature-Examiner Photo: Jesse Butler Two interesting articles appear back to back in the July, 2009 issue of Harper’s. The first is entitled “Barrack Hoover Obama” by Kevin Baker, the second “Labor’s Last Stand” by Ken Silverstein... peak oil politics harpers obama hoover Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:21:26 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13558-Contemporary-Literature-Examiner~y2009m6d15-Magazine-article-review-Barrack-Hoover-Obama-and-Labors-last-stand-from-Harpers-709?cid=exrss-Contemporary-Literature-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13558-Contemporary-Literature-Examiner~y2009m6d12-The-best-time-to-read-chilling-fiction-and-nonfiction-is-during-the-long-hot-summer?cid=exrss-Contemporary-Literature-Examiner Photo: Jesse Butler The summer offers us the chance to get some sun, relax in the pool and (if you’re one of the lucky few) take time to do some reading for pleasure. It’s nice to welcome the season and to get into its hot and humid mood... peak oil horror summer reading non-fiction fiction Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:33:40 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13558-Contemporary-Literature-Examiner~y2009m6d12-The-best-time-to-read-chilling-fiction-and-nonfiction-is-during-the-long-hot-summer?cid=exrss-Contemporary-Literature-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13558-Contemporary-Literature-Examiner~y2009m6d10-Short-book-review-Dan-Simmons-The-Terror-and-Drood?cid=exrss-Contemporary-Literature-Examiner                   photo: Jesse Butler Over the course of his last two novels, The Terror (2007) and Drood (2009), Dan Simmons has begun to lay the groundwork for a new literary genre. These books are... dan simmons the terror drood new fiction genre Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:04:06 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13558-Contemporary-Literature-Examiner~y2009m6d10-Short-book-review-Dan-Simmons-The-Terror-and-Drood?cid=exrss-Contemporary-Literature-Examiner