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LUKE EDELMAN wrote a new blog post Sitting on Top of the World in the group American Studies: 5 years, 12 months ago
In an earlier blog post, I tried to figure out why we remember things, and what makes something memorable. I’d like to explore the latter further. I started this kind of unscientifically, by googling “most mem […]
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LUKE EDELMAN edited the blog post Not Fade Away in the group American Studies: 5 years, 12 months ago
Imagine you’re a server at a downtown bar and grill in the city. It’s open until 3 am and the surrounding area has gone completely silent and dark by the time you and your co-workers lock the doors and say goo […]
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LUKE EDELMAN edited the blog post Unbroken Chain in the group American Studies: 5 years, 12 months ago
I’ve always applied a big picture kind of view to anything I analyze, and lately I’ve been considering how the concept of churning permeates every facet of human development. I’ve already written about a lot of th […]
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LUKE EDELMAN edited the blog post Hell in a Bucket in the group American Studies: 6 years ago
The last epidemic scare for the Western world was Ebola, a virus that still claims hundreds of lives in Africa every year. There was a measure of worry when two health care workers from the US were brought home from Liberia in order to receive treatment, and as you might have guessed, there was public outcry. Why bring this plague overseas and…[Read more]
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LUKE EDELMAN edited the blog post Touch of Gray in the group American Studies: 6 years ago
WARNING: This post may be construed as depressing for some, so if you just want to see some puppies and other animals, don’t read any of this and just watch the videos. Take care of yourself and if you need to take a break, do so.
Zombies have dominated pop culture for the last decade or two; they lord over TV with shows like The Walking Dead a…[Read more]
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LUKE EDELMAN edited the blog post Eyes of the World – Wake of the Flood in the group American Studies: 6 years ago
Every decision we make pushes us down a particular path. At each moment, our choices narrow the possible futures to one singular future, and so we must bear the burden that each choice we make shuts the door on an infinite number of possibilities.
Sometimes being given a choice is harder and more damaging than if we’d never had a choice at a…[Read more]
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LUKE EDELMAN edited the blog post Black Muddy River in the group American Studies: 6 years, 1 month ago
For quite some time now, the topic I’ve wanted to write about has been the beauty found in waste, but it’s a hard thing to conceptualize. When we read “And Then She Owns You” in Blood Dazzler, I was struck by how genuine and real the writing was. It inspired me to endeavor to notice the beauty in something normally seen as worthless or ruin…[Read more]
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LUKE EDELMAN edited the blog post Ripple in the group American Studies: 6 years, 2 months ago
How are the dead given a voice through the living? I’m not talking about seances or Madame Bovary here. As we read the “Segregation of the Dead” portion of Echoes in the Bone, I thought about how we not only treat bodies of the dead, but their spirits as well. One specific faith I know of jumped out at me – Shinto. The propinquity within which…[Read more]
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LUKE EDELMAN edited the blog post Ramble on, Rose in the group American Studies: 6 years, 3 months ago
Ever since our discussion at the beginning of class regarding the UK’s “right to roam”, I’ve been fascinated by the idea and decided to look into it further. As of this moment, the countries with a “right to roam” law or something approaching those lines, are Ireland, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Austria, Th…[Read more]
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LUKE EDELMAN joined the group American Studies 6 years, 3 months ago
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LUKE EDELMAN became a registered member 6 years, 3 months ago