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“My humanity is not to be debated, nor is it to be used simply to illustrate European problems.” Chinua Achebe discusses Joseph Conrad and Heart of Darkness in The Guardian. Chinua Achebe’s lecture “An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness”. Cedric Watts: “‘A Bloody Racist’: About Achebe’s View of Conrad” (access restricted to UT students)….
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chompy odds and ends
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The game Animal Crossing begins with the player moving into a modest cottage with a dusty stone floor and an overturned crate for a table. A friendly if overbearing raccoon named Tom Nook is waiting by the train station when you arrive at your village, and though he had seemed to be doing you a favor at the time,…
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Photographs against war
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Saturday appears to be a big day for rallies against the looming war in Iraq. Footstools will be provided, and at exactly 1930 GMT, peace-loving people around the world will simultaneously leap to the ground, unleashing colossal seismic forces that we expect will engulf the White House in a fury of tidal waves, swiftly sweeping it into international waters,…
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I love rice! Not the university, which put me on their “waiting list,” not the band, though they’re not bad, but rice, the food. Rice. I like rice. Basmati rice, Texmati rice, jasmine rice, Spanish rice, arborio rice and risotto, sticky rice with mangoes, peppers stuffed with rice, rice soup, Rice-A-Roni, even Rice Chex. I like rice cookers, rice…
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When Sir Walter Raleigh was imprisoned in the Tower of London, he occupied himself with writing a history of the world. He had finished the first volume and was at work on the second when there was a scuffle between some workmen beneath the window of his cell, and one of the men was killed. In spite of diligent…
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Shanghai Knights opens this weekend! Meanwhile, the Dobie Theater is running a series of Pedro Almodóvar movies and a series of Akira Kurosawa movies. Is this not the best of times? Don’t answer that….
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These goddamn Chuck Taylors hurt my feet. I’m old. But I like the rock ‘n’ roll. This is what I heard tonight: “Arabs stand over here, and you two, you’re Japanese, stand right here.” “I’m an interracial, motherfucker!” “The penis is mesmerizing.” What does this all mean? It’s a koan. I’m lying. Listen, I’m going to tell you a…
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