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11 hours ago · With six novels to her name, including Sense and Sensibility (1811) and Pride and Prejudice (1813), Jane Austen, the daughter of an English pastor, became one of the most significant writers in ...
11 hours ago · In this sense, the work is really a tale of two halves; The first half of the book, centered on the years when Questlove’s personal adoration of hip-hop was strongest, is animated by a music nerd’s sensibility, detailing the obscure samples and background stories to the music that influenced him the most.
1 day ago · Ernest Miller Hemingway (/ ˈ ɜːr n ɪ s t ˈ h ɛ m ɪ ŋ w eɪ /; July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist. Best known for an economical, understated style that significantly influenced later 20th-century writers, he is often romanticized for his adventurous lifestyle, and outspoken and blunt public image.
11 hours ago · Excerpt _____ Optic Nerve (1985) ‘Barbara Hammer’s Optic Nerve is a powerful personal reflection on family and aging. Hammer employs filmed footage which, through optical printing and editing, is layered and manipulated to create a compelling meditation on her visit to her grandmother in a nursing home.
11 hours ago · The Academy Award for Best Original Score is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to the best substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically for the film by the submitting composer. [1] Some pre-existing music is allowed, though, but a contending film must ...
