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Dec.12.2010 Sex Sells But Sex Also Makes Books - Simone de Beauvoir & Nelson Algren Two Becomes OneIt is no accident that Simone de Beauvoir wrote The Second Sex while having an affair with Jewish novelist Nelson Algren By Margot Lurie Photoillustration: Tablet Magazine; original photo of De Beauvoir, 1970: AFP/Getty Images; original photo of Algren, 1956: Library...	Sep.25.2010 Literary Movements and the 7th Anniversary of Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance My long-term romance with the idea that literary movements define and bookmark significant heroic moments in cultural history began long before I understood who or what had stolen my heart. Yet it seems to have been there for at least as long as earlier adolescent passions for playing football or...
Feb.17.2010 Norwegian Bovines Side with de Beauvoir Last week, the Red Room asked us to submit a blog addressing whether we agreed with Simone de Beauvoir when she wrote: "I wish that every human life might be pure, transparent freedom," or with her lifelong partner Jean Paul-Sartre's assessment that we're "condemned to be free...	Feb.10.2010 Bobby McGee and the Bhagavad Gita Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000174 EndHTML:0000004531 StartFragment:0000001949 EndFragment:0000004495 SourceURL:file:///Users/jalbritton/Desktop/Freedom%20red%20door.doc Bobby McGee and the Bhagavad Gita I rather like the sentiment in Kris Kristofferson's "Me and Bobby McGee" as Janis...