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Beowulf: Behold the Man

November 16, 2007

You think you’ve heard about swords, and heroes, and fire-breathing dragons, and friendship, and glory, and treasure, just ’cause you’ve read those Potter books? C’mere, boys, let me tell you a tale…

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Veteran’s Day

November 12, 2007

What we owe soldiers as leaders & as fellow citizens.

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The Story of the Flood – Disaster and Hope on the Horizon

November 5, 2007

Stories are always told in specific historical contexts, but the human condition always brings us back to recurring issues, thus: Teatro La Fragua used “neo-medieval post-modernism” to stage the story of Noah and the Great Flood in a relief shelter after Hurricane Mitch, and Paul Chan is staging Waiting for Godot in the Lower Ninth […]

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Storytelling and Fear

November 1, 2007

Ian over at Upper Fort Stewart in The Scariest Books I’ve Read says: There’s two days left till Halloween. If you’ve got any scary stories yourself why not blog about them and link back here so we can read them or post a comment. I can’t be the only guy around still afraid of Morlocks […]

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