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Cole Barber wrote a new blog post Is Everett Messing With Us? in the group
Reader and Text: 2 days agoPercival Everett is an extremely intelligent author and English professor who has a knack for getting readers to think deeply about his literature. Everett is a genius when it comes to English concepts, expertly […]
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Julia Yakowyna wrote a new blog post Is it Nonsense? in the group
Reader and Text: 2 days agoI have been thinking about the meaning of nonsense recently and whether or not something is truly nonsense, or whether we just haven’t been offered the knowledge to make it into something that makes sense to u […]
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Anthony Guttilla wrote a new blog post Identity Crisis in the group
Reader and Text: 2 days, 1 hour agoYour
name is your identity, it’s who you are. Names are important, and everybody has
at least one. Actually, most people have at least three names, you get a first,
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Hailey Schiller edited the blog post A̖̘͕̳̻ͨͦ͛͑̎ ͑ͅis̘̬̼͍̻̠̓ͨ̋ͭ̈ͪ ̦ͮf̦̑o̽̒r̻̱͊̓͡ ̛ͫa̟̮̖̥̪̿ͤ̃͑̚͠p̹̙̞̫͇ͅp̻͉̠̠͓͇̯̑̍͆̆̈́̇̓l̙͉͇̽̐̚ḙ̭ͤ̉,̔́ ̊͌̒ͣͦͯͨB̗̰ͤͮ́ͅ ͕͛i̷͚͇̓̅s̪̘̰̈͗̒ ̜̟̰̗̱̮̣f͉̳͈̮͍ͅo̫̪r̠̻̩̯̪̳͖̈ͩ̌ͣ͗̈̚ ͗̀̇͋ͭḅ̩̬̱̐̏̏̏ę̘̖̩̪̗̅̈͋͋̚e̹̫̹͈͚̱͈̾ͬ͂̂̌͗ͣ͢,͑ͮ́̓ͦͤ̈́҉ ̸͖̖̩̬̟̫̅ͦ͂ͤͥͬC̟̹ͅ ̴i̡͉͖̲͚̯ͨͥ̋ͭ̏s̅ͦ ̪̭͇͚̲͜f̲͚͛̀̓ͅor̜̳̼ͦ͐ͭ̕ P͈̺̺ͨ̍̌h́͒̾ͦ̓ͯ͘’ͮ̅ͦ́n̂́͠g̜͊ļ̪͒u̫̜͓̠ͩͧ̆̏i̳̳͔̟ͤͪ̈̓ ̯̻͚̥̻̝̀m̿̑̓̄̋͏̻̱͓͙͈g̣͈̳͙̼͉l͏̹̱̜̣̺̰w͖ͬ’̺͎̰͎ͨ̌́ͣn̳͍̖̮ͨ̌͛̄a̩̝̻̺̺ͅf̖̅h̔́̾ ̦͍̦̲̖̻ͭͬ̂̈̃͌C͘t̛hͪͮ͆̃u̙̠̭̥̲̾̈̓͑̾lͬh͕͞u̵̟ ̿R’l̪̙͖̩̫̯̍̈ͮͥ̽ͭ͢y̼̣̲ͥ͑ͭe͔ͬh ͯͩ͆̐͛w͚̻̣ͬͨ̂g͑ͫ̉̋ͣ̈ͯă̈h͇̜̦̦̩͈̐̎̾͐̓̚’n̂͐͗̅ͩ̓ͭag͕̠̟̙͓ͪͬ̂ͨ̾l fh̹̮̥̺͉tͯ͐̐ͥͬ̚a̙̺͖̥͔̩͆̄ͥ͌̿ͦ͑ͅg͓͕n̛͎̣͙̥ͫ̍̎ͮ…̶ in the group
Reader and Text: 2 days, 1 hour agoIn recent discussions of structure, a controversy has been whether structure is an appropriate tool to measure how much knowledge is disseminated. On one hand, Shelagh Neely argues that “Structure reminds me of a […]
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Joe Sharak wrote a new blog post Percivial Everett’s Use of Metaphors and Juxtapostion in the Poem “Logic” in the group
Reader and Text: 2 days, 1 hour agoPervical Everett’s poem titled “Logic,” in the greater anthology of re:f(gesture) uses extremely ambiguous metaphors and juxtapositions to express the idea that concepts, such as numbers, are timeless and unbre […]
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Joe Sharak wrote a new blog post A Criticism of Intertextuality in the Poem “Zulus” from re:f(gesture) by Percival Everett in the group
Reader and Text: 2 days, 1 hour agoThe inspiration for this post ironically stemmed from a lack of understanding of the poem “Zulus,” rather than an in-depth understanding of it. The poem, which is derived from the poetry book re:f(gesture) by […]
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Kevin Reed wrote a new blog post Conversion From Scorn in the group
Reader and Text: 2 days, 2 hours agoWhile searching for inspiration for two more blog posts, I found myself rifling through interviews of Percival Everett, hoping I could further understand his thinking. I stumbled upon an interview of Everett […]
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Kevin Reed wrote a new blog post Alphabetical, Alphashmetical in the group
Reader and Text: 2 days, 2 hours agoOkay boys and girls, time to get analytical!
The Bedford Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms defines structure as “the arrangement of the material in a work, that is, the ordering of its component pa […]
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Elizabeth Roos edited the blog post The Ship of Theseus and Identity in the group
Reader and Text: 2 days, 2 hours agoAccording to myth, Theseus was an ancient Greek king who fought many battles, and founded the city-state of Athens. Because of Theseus’ success at naval battles in particular, the people of Athens chose to d […]
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Lauren Silverman wrote a new blog post Isolation in Everett in the group
Reader and Text: 2 days, 2 hours agoBakkos, who is alone amongst the Olympians for his youth along the ancient. In Frenzy, Percival Everett’s adaptation of The Bacchae, pains are taken to emphasize how singular Dionysos is. He is the youngest of t […]
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Ryan Silverstein wrote a new blog post Symbiosis of Opinions and Claims in the group
Reader and Text: 2 days, 2 hours agoDuring one of the sessions in English class where I worked on a blog post with a group, I was given a sheet to reflect on how well I felt I was doing, along with where my strengths and weaknesses in the writing […]
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Molly Brown edited the blog post Les Miserables and Not Sidney in the group
Reader and Text: 2 days, 4 hours agoOne of my favorite musicals of all time is Les Miserables. One day during my reading of I am Not Sidney Poitier I was watching the film adaptation of the musical and noticed a similar theme between the two. T […]
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Anthony Guttilla wrote a new blog post Structured Disorganization in the group
Reader and Text: 2 days, 5 hours agoOrder, organization, clarity, a system; these are all expected when reading something. Any story has a story line, and whether the author decides to tell it straight through, or jump around in time, […]
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Molly Brown wrote a new blog post F Is For The Feathered Thrust in the group
Reader and Text: 2 days, 7 hours agoF is for the feathered thrust
And the birth of twins.
Leda never felt a thing.
Penetrated by the force majeure,
A trick in the air.
F is for fuck.
Finis coronat opus.
F is for […]
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Cole Barber wrote a new blog post Percival Everett’s Use of Allusions in the group
Reader and Text: 2 days, 10 hours agoThere are many commonalities among Percival Everett’s many works. Few authors utilize allusions as frequently as Percival Everett. Everett expertly alludes to countless other works in his novel “I Am Not Sid […]
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Molly Brown wrote a new blog post Beautiful Poetry Or Conceivement? in the group
Reader and Text: 2 days, 10 hours agoThroughout the poetry book re: f(gesture), Percival Everett combines many series of poems into one book. The second section of the book contains a series of poems named “Body.” Percival Everett’s “Body” […]
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Hailey Schiller edited the blog post Ya Like Jazz? in the group
Reader and Text: 2 days, 12 hours agoPercival Everett’s Zulus intervenes in the kind of social tensions that Jerry Seinfeld outlines in Bee Movie. More specifically, the poems exists in conversation with Bee Movie, suggesting the impossibility of l […]
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Shelagh Neeley wrote a new blog post Witness in the group
Reader and Text: 2 days, 21 hours agoI’ll super, duper honest with you, I have no idea what
I wanted to write about in this last blog post. I still have really NO idea
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Shelagh Neeley wrote a new blog post Science or Love? in the group
Reader and Text: 2 days, 22 hours agoIn my English 203 class one day, we had the chance to
read re: f (gesture) by Percival Everett. We read the first section in
class titled, Zulus. This section is in alphabetical order, which is an
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Sarah Ramsaroop wrote a new blog post I guess I was wrong Professor McCoy was not Everett, Everett was a snowstorm!!!! in the group
Reader and Text: 2 days, 23 hours agoOn Sunday, December 1st Geneseo and the surrounding upstate areas were forecasted to have a terrible snowstorm. Due to this SUNY Geneseo opened their residence halls on Saturday and canceled classes on Monday; […]
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