The White Man's Guide to White Male Writers of the Western Canon

The White Man's Guide to White Male Writers of the Western Canon

Author: Dana Schwartz

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2019-11-05

Total Pages: 205

ISBN-13: 0062867881

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How do you use ‘taraddidle’ in a sentence? Is it possible to make a Gin Ricky that’s also a metaphor for the American Dream? How can you tell your Faulkner from your Franzen if you haven’t actually read either? Allow me, the @GuyInYourMFA, to expound on the most important (aka white male) writers of western literature. You’ve probably seen me around, observing the masses, or defying the wind by hand-rolling a cigarette outside a local, fair-trade coffeeshop. I’ve actually read Infinite Jest 9 1/2 times. Care to discuss? From Shakespeare's greatest mystery (how could a working-class man without access to an MFA program be so prolific?) to the true meaning of Kafkaesque (you know you've made it when you have an adjective named for you), the pages herewith are at once profound and practical. Use my ingenious Venn diagram to test your knowledge of which Jonathan—Franzen, Lethem, or Safran Foer—hates Twitter and lives in Brooklyn. (Trick question: all 3!) Sneer at chick-lit and drink Mojitos like Hemingway (not like middle-aged divorcées!). So instead of politely nodding along next time you make an acquaintance at a housewarming party in Brooklyn, you can roll up your sleeves and get to work schooling them in character arcs and the experimental form of your next great American novel. Dazzle your friends with how well you understand post-modernism. You’ll be at a literary event asking a question “that’s really more of a comment” in no time.


Father Hunger

Father Hunger

Author: Douglas Wilson

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 263

ISBN-13: 1595554769

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Filled with practical ideas and self-evaluation tools, Father Hunger both encourages and challenges men to "embrace the high calling of fatherhood," becoming the dads that their families and our culture so desperately need them to be.


Pink Panther

Pink Panther

Author: Jerry Beck

Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 9780756610333

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A guide to the Pink Panther films and their characters from the 1960s to the 2000s.


Notes From The Tilt-A-Whirl

Notes From The Tilt-A-Whirl

Author: N. D. Wilson

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Published: 2013-08-06

Total Pages: 137

ISBN-13: 1418576247

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What is this World? What kind of place is it? "The round kind. The spinning kind. The moist kind. The inhabited kind. The kind with flamingos (real and artificial). The kind where water in the sky turns into beautifully symmetrical crystal flakes sculpted by artists unable to stop themselves (in both design and quantity). The kind of place with tiny, powerfully jawed mites assigned to the carpets to eat my dead skin as it flakes off. The kind with people who kill and people who love and people who do both... "This world is beautiful but badly broken." "I love it as it is, because it is a story, and it isn't stuck in one place. It is full of conflict and darkness like every good story, a world of surprises and questions to explore. And there's someone behind it; there are uncomfortable answers to the how's and whys and what's. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Through Him were all things made... Welcome to His poem. His play. His novel. Let the pages flick your thumbs."


Selling a Screenplay

Selling a Screenplay

Author: Syd Field

Publisher: Delta

Published: 1989-11-01

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 0440502446

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- Breaks Down the Business of Screenwriting - Explains What the Buyer Looks For - Shows You What to Do to Get in the Door - Tackles the Pitching Process - Provides Personal Insights from Famous Screenwriters Everybody has a story to tell. Everybody wants to write the great American screenplay. But what do you do after it’s written? How do you sell it? Studio honchos. Development Executives. Independent Producers. What do they want? Do you need an agent or manager to get it into production? Selling a screenplay can mean earning $250,000 or more, so competition is fierce. Syd Field gives you an insider’s look at the movie and TV industry, packed with essential tips from the pros. Selling a Screenplay is a must-have guide for every screenwriter, filled with frank real-life advice from Hollywood’s most powerful deal makers and most celebrated screenwriters. They all started somewhere.


Our Universe

Our Universe

Author: Jo Dunkley

Publisher: Belknap Press

Published: 2019-04-08

Total Pages: 311

ISBN-13: 0674984285

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A BBC Sky at Night Best Astronomy and Space Book of the Year “[A] luminous guide to the cosmos...Jo Dunkley swoops from Earth to the observable limits, then explores stellar life cycles, dark matter, cosmic evolution and the soup-to-nuts history of the Universe.” —Nature “A grand tour of space and time, from our nearest planetary neighbors to the edge of the observable Universe...If you feel like refreshing your background knowledge...this little gem certainly won’t disappoint.” —Govert Schilling, BBC Sky at Night Most of us have heard of black holes and supernovas, galaxies and the Big Bang. But few understand more than the bare facts about the universe we call home. What is really out there? How did it all begin? Where are we going? Jo Dunkley begins in Earth’s neighborhood, explaining the nature of the Solar System, the stars in our night sky, and the Milky Way. She traces the evolution of the universe from the Big Bang fourteen billion years ago, past the birth of the Sun and our planets, to today and beyond. She then explains cutting-edge debates about such perplexing phenomena as the accelerating expansion of the universe and the possibility that our universe is only one of many. Our Universe conveys with authority and grace the thrill of scientific discovery and a contagious enthusiasm for the endless wonders of space-time.


The Film Book

The Film Book

Author: Ronald Bergan

Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780241484838

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Story of cinema -- How movies are made -- Movie genres -- World cinema -- A-Z directors -- Must-see movies.


Death Kiss: the Book of the Movie

Death Kiss: the Book of the Movie

Author: Bill Cunningham

Publisher:

Published: 2019-02-13

Total Pages: 151

ISBN-13: 9781796851847

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A unique case study in exploitation filmmaking, DEATH KISS: THE BOOK OF THE MOVIE explores the elements that must go into the making of a low budget movie by using specific examples and resources from the movie. Death Kiss is a "throwback" to 70's and 80's exploitation classics and stars Robert Kovacs aka "Bronzi" whose close resemblance to classic actor Charles Bronson provided the motif for the movie's production. We explore the rules of pulp filmmaking; review the screenplay by writer-director Rene Perez; interview and provide bios for the major cast including Daniel Baldwin (John Carpenter's Vampires), Richard Tyson (Kindergarten Cop), Eva Hamilton (Ouija House) and Stormi Maya Alvarado (Amazon's Cattle - The Cult); and go behind the scenes with dozens of color photos . All assembled to guide you toward making your own pulp movies today! If you like exploitation action movies and filmmaking; if you want to know how you can get started conceiving and producing your own pulp movies, then you're going to want to get DEATH KISS: THE BOOK OF THE MOVIE!