The following is an excerpt from the much longer essay named in the title, “Scissor-tailed
Flycatcher,” which in turn is part of a much longer work entitled Life Birds. This
excerpt explains the genesis of the poem that follows and that ends “Scissor-tailed
Flycatcher,” though that bird appears neither in the excerpt below nor in …
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letters.pdf June 10th, 2016, Boston Hey Prof. Sloane, As we discussed on Skype, I’m
forwarding copies of the letters for analysis. Found them in my grandpa's attic, folded
up inside antique …
Globalization, population’s mobility, and the increasing visibility of disenfranchise
sectors of society continues to shape the production of national imagery in Latin
American film. Nuevo Cine Venezolano, the most recent expression of national cinema,
represents an enormous shift in the nature of the interaction between the cinematic
industry and popular representation Amidst the failures of …
A Few Words About Shibori, Indigo, and Kites I have been a dedicated maker and shaper
of textiles for decades, continually fascinated with the ancient processes used to
transform a collection of fibers into a woolen rug, a linen napkin, or a finished
garment. Carding, spinning, dying, weaving, knitting, hooking, beading, stitching,
embellishing: although …
Photograph by Viv Gaudet
This article is an excerpt from a book that will be published in September 2017 entitled:
Complexity, Society and Social Transactions: Developing a Comprehensive Social Theory.
This book develops a comprehensive social theory which explains the ontology[1] of
society, culture, and the economy. I have modified the manuscript slightly so that
it …
Bad news seems to be everywhere for news organizations today. Budget cuts leading
to declines in newsroom staff, decreases in advertising revenues for print publications
and the growing shift for many newspapers and news magazines such as Newsweek, The
Christian Science Monitor, and Seattle Post-Intelligencer to digital-only formats,
combined with the uncertainty about potential new …
