Tag: narrative
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May 13, 2016
Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post.
Do we need to know the origin of a story once it has been changed? Is part of the power of a subverted narrative in the actual subversiveness? Maybe it does not matter at all that we know the origin of the story, but only the results of the newest conversation. I wonder what it takes to erase, or at least drastically alter,
April 15, 2016
while in the midst of horror/ we fed on beauty – and that,/ is what sustained us. – Rita Dove, “Transit”
Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s blog.
Something to listen to while reading today’s blog: Maná, Desapariciones (a Ruben Blades cover)
A few months back, we discussed “Women in War” on our blog.