Tag Archives: Ask the Dust

Don’t Ask the Dust, Ask the Internet

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Reverend

Throughout the first five weeks of the hardboiled Freshman seminar I’m teaching, I’ve taken pains to reinforce how essential it is to read for context. To read for the things that don’t make sense, read for the things you do not … Continue reading →

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Hardboiled: Ask the Dust Discussion (Part 2)

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Reverend

Last night in the Hardboiled lit class I’m teaching this semester we continued our discussion of John Fante’s Ask the Dust. The class spent a few minutes in the beginning discussing some calendar updates, preparing for the Wikipedia research project … Continue reading →

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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: 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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L.A. Noire

Posted on August 25, 2012 by Reverend

I’ve been playing the videogame L.A. Noire in preparation for the Freshman Seminar I’ll be teaching on #hardboiled literature starting this Tuesday. I am really excited for the class, the subject matter really teaches itself. But one of the themes … Continue reading →

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