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Big Love: “The Noose Tightens”

Post author By [E] Selena MacIntosh*
Post date Wednesday, March 9th, 2011
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This week on Big Love, the only gun was the one Alby pointed at Nicki and subsequently used to shoot the plot device named Verden, and everyone thinks Margie is in a cult. “The Noose Tightens” is everything that’s great about Big Love, and another example of how fantastic this show can be when it […]

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Books

Mark Twain on Mark Twain

Post author By [E] Selena MacIntosh*
Post date Wednesday, November 17th, 2010
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100 years after his death, as stipulated by the man himself, The first volume of Mark Twain’s autobiography was released this week. NPR has an excellent story on the background behind it’s release, as well as several clever passages in Twain’s familiar cadence.

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