K. A. S.

lesbianherstorian:
““want” from cold river: poems by joan larkin, october 1997
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“want” from cold river: poems by joan larkin, october 1997

Reading, by which I now mean close reading, can school us for all our close encounters. And then maybe, just maybe, we could learn not only to read better but to fight and love more fairly. To hear a little better what our enemy or our beloved might actually be saying. To resist demonizing and idolizing, but instead to fight and love other humans.
Jane Gallop, “The Ethics of Close Reading: Close Encounters,” Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, Vol.16, No.3 (Fall 2000), pg.17 (x)

yearningheart:

ask polly

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HackerYou Web Development: Class 1

Yesterday I started an Intro to Web Development course at HackerYou. I have been looking forward to this for weeks and was not disappointed.

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“Too often I read reviews that are concerned with nothing but the book in question, and there’s a hermetically sealed quality to such reviews, a narrowness of scope. I’ve come to believe that good reviewing requires engaging with the world outside of the individual book. At the very least, the book should be placed in the context of other books, but ideally—and I recognize that this is an entirely subjective opinion—I prefer reviews that go beyond talking about literature, so that the book under review is considered in the context of the surrounding world.”

— Our own Emily St. John Mandel guest judged Electric Literature’s Critical Hit Awards this month. She discussed what she looks for in a book review in an interview with Brian Hurley. The winners are Andrew Winer’s review of The Kraus Project by Jonathan Franzen, Rachel Monroe’s review of The Contested Murder of Latasha Harlins by Brenda Stevenson, and our own review of Karen Green’s Bough Down by Suzanne Scanlon. (via millionsmillions)

The meaning of all the deaths in HP:

James and Lily:

To establish the story line as well as to show orphans of war.

Cedric Diggory:

To show Voldemort's mercilessness.

Sirius Black:

To show Harry's lack of guidance/parental figures.

Albus Dumbledore:

To show the death of a great leader can't stop a war.

Hedwig:

To show the end of Harry's childhood.

Mad Eye:

To show the death of a solider.

Dobby:

To show even the smallest of creatures can die a Hero's death.

Fred Weasley:

To show that some deaths you just can't get over. And that's okay.

Tonks and Remus Lupin:

To reestablish orphans of war.

Colin Creevey:

To show that the good die young, even when they aren't supposed to.

Severus Snape:

To show that you can always change your ways. Always.

Meaning of this post:

To make anyone who reads it want to crawl in a hole and drown in their tears.

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denali-winter:
BAM.
I have never hit reblog so fast in my LIFE.
HOLY shit girl

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johndarnielle:

strictly on style this is between Medelssohn and Debussy but respect to Beethoven for that “look, I have more important work to do here” swagger

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cleverkats:

Well behaved women rarely make history
-Eleanor Roosevelt

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Fort Henry’s Fright Night was a LITTLE more scary than I was prepared for, but then again, I’m a total wussie. #forthenry #halloween #hauntedhouse (at Fort Henry)

“Read as much as you can. Nothing will help you as much as reading.”

— J.K. Rowling

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Home sweet home. 🌳🌿🌾🌽

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