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Ask The Dust Swag

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Reverend

While searching for an image for my soon to be next post I discovered some amazing Ask the Dust swag, which made my day! I found everything from bookmarks to stickers to bookcovers to a table tent. And here is … Continue reading →

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Hardboiled Blogging and the Art of Communicating

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Reverend

Last night I spent the first twenty minutes of class talking about the art of blogging to the Hardboiled class (you can hear it here). I’m not much for forumlas or pre-fabricated approaches to anything, I think blogging is something … Continue reading →

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Hardboiled: Ask the Dust Discussion (Part 1)

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Reverend

Last night we had a pretty amazing class—at least for me—discussing John Fante’s Ask the Dust. I didn’t come in with too many pre-exisiting ideas of how to teach the book (it’s only my second time teaching it), but rather … Continue reading →

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Hardboiled Week 5: Housekeeping and Ask the Dust

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Reverend

Email sent to class for week 5 of Hardboiled class. ________________________________________ All, Please read this email in its entirety. Wikipedia Research Article: Project #1 I would like at least 5 volunteers for the first Wikipedia research project which will be … Continue reading →

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Going Blood-Simple

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Reverend

This damned burg’s getting me. If I don’t get away soon I’ll be going blood-simple like the natives. —Red Harvest Update: This may not be the best GIF, but I just love M. Emmett Walsh’s yellow suit in Blood Simple. I … Continue reading →

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Tumbling through The Shining

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Reverend

There is this…. From which this was born… And then there is this… Which I already turned into a ds106 design assignment here. Have I mentioned how much I love my Tumblr these days? And in no small part because I … Continue reading →

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Hardboiled: Red Harvest Radio

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Reverend

Given all the awesome blogging Paul Bond has been doing of his hardboiled readings as an open, online student I figured I would start streaming and archiving the classes for anyone who might have any interest. The students are starting … Continue reading →

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The Killer Quiz

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Reverend

I am giving this quiz on Dashell Hammett’s Red Harvest in 20 minutes because I love the idea of mapping a novel and its major players through murders. So hardboiled! I guess if you read this blog 10 minutes before … Continue reading →

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That made my day

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Reverend

A Spring 2011 ds106 alum (the semester ds106 broke!) tweeted me tonight for the first time in a long while. She was an amazing student and she was one of the first to really pickup and run with submitting her own … Continue reading →

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6x6x6: In Our Time as told through T-Shirts

Posted on September 9, 2012 by Reverend

Week two of Hardboiled was dedicated to Ernest Hemingway’s collection of short stories In Our Time (1925). It’s a series of stories loosely connected around the themes of war, loss, death, and some larger, figurative “end of something.” It’s the … Continue reading →

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