Putting our English Degrees to work by tackling life’s persistent mysteries… The Song: “Your Love” by The Outfield The Lyric: “I just want to use your love tonight. I don’t want to lose your love tonight.” The Problem: Those pesky pronouns. Whose love does the speaker want to “use”? Whose love does s/he fear losing? Possible Interpretations: A) We’ll […]
Why You Might Be Asking the Wrong Question About Suicide
September 3, 2014 by · 11 Comments
The question gets asked over and over again in the wake of a suicide. It goes something like this, “How could he decide to kill himself?” I heard people ask this dozens of times in various forms when Robin Williams died. And when Ned Vizzini, author of It’s Kindof a Funny Story (and other fabulous […]
The Catching Fire Conundrum
March 2, 2014 by · 4 Comments
Recently, I saw Catching Fire and greatly enjoyed it, which might be part of the problem. I liked Catching Fire even more than the first movie, which is saying a good deal, since I also enjoyed that one. So far, the Hunger Games franchise has the best film adaptations of young adult books I’ve seen. The […]
