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Author Archives: Bob Hill
Roger Ebert on Writing from Memory (2011)
“The British satirist Auberon Waugh once wrote a letter to the editor of the Daily Telegraph asking readers to supply information about his life between birth and the present, explaining that he was writing his memoirs and had no memories … Read More
7 Ways To Determine Whether You’re Affiliated With an Archaic – Perhaps Even Harmful – Organization
1. Your entire ideology is based on dated precepts. Let us assume for a moment you’re a young parent, trying to decide where to send your first-born child off to school. There are any number of variables that might enter … Read More
10 Great Writers, 10 Great Observations About Writing
“I got out of college and came here hoping I might make a reasonable living writing for magazines. It seemed like a crazy dream when I was in high school, something so glamorous and grand that you had to be … Read More
Odds & Sods (Pt. III)
Get the flash player here: http://www.adobe.com/flashplayer All pics taken with a jet-black Canon PowerShot A1300 digital camera. (Good Pictures/Bad Camera is a regular feature on IFB.) … Read More
George Saunders on America (2003)
A man sits in a room. Someone begins shouting through his window, informing him of conditions in the house next door. Our man’s mind inflects: That is, he begins imagining that house. What are the factors that might affect that … Read More
Film Capsule: Gangster Squad
Not reviewed.