Monthly Archives: August 2009

Crime Beat: The Deadly Verse

CMU student plunges to death Stairwell had poem with dark humor Saturday, August 29, 2009 By Kaitlynn Riely, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The eight-story stairwell in which a 19-year-old Carnegie Mellon University student apparently jumped to his death Thursday afternoon was known … Continue reading

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Books For Slow Reading: Part 3 of 3

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Important Back to School Reading

for all cozy coeds of passion

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Soon to be reviewed at Annarbor.com!

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from Snow by Stanislaw Przybyszewski

  Willy Listen, Eva! You must leave this house. Let us stop playing with dots and dashes and unspoken words. You know what a power you once had over me. Snow, soft white snow has covered all the memories and … Continue reading

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Przybyszewski

I first became aware of Stanislaw Przybyszewski while perusing Edvard Munch’s Jealousy at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. A helpful wall sign identifies the Mephistophelean figure on the left as Przybyszewski, and as I became more and more knowledgeable about … Continue reading

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dada lives!

Mona Lisa Attacked With a Teacup An angry Russian woman pulled a teacup out of her purse and threw it at the Mona Lisa on August 2, the Louvre said on Tuesday. The Leonardo masterpiece, which is protected by bulletproof … Continue reading

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Something Dead

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More For The Extremely Bookish

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Tres Bookish: From The New Library of Alexandria Collection

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