Author Archives: abennett64
“Life After Death Guaranteed with Bonus Coupons”
“While crises do shake people out of their complacency, forcing them to question the fundamentals of their lives, the most spontaneous first reaction is panic, which leads to a “return to the basics”: the basic premises of the ruling ideology, … Continue reading
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Tagged Don DeLillo, First as Tragedy, Slavoj Zizek, then as Farce, White Noise
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Let’s Get Jaded and Bitter and Cynical!
“There were strained silences before and after each lesson. I tried to make small talk, get him to discuss his years as a chiropractor, his life before German. He would look off into the middle distance, not angry or bored … Continue reading
Against Simple Interpretations
The Waste Land: okay, so this is about death or the decline of civilization or something. Is that Greek? Whatever. Skip it. “1. The Burial of the Dead”: I was right about that death thing. Go me! “cruelest month”,”out of … Continue reading
