2023
"An Uncanny Inner Fortitude," November 27, 2023 (#370)
title from "Until It Isn’t: An Interview with Antonya Nelson" by Giuseppe Taurino (2014)
Five Easy Pieces (1970)
Pieces of April (2003)
A Million Little Pieces by James Frey (2003)
penultimate line from Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt (1964)
last line from Across the Universe by Beth Revis (2011)
"As Shameless As An Ocean," November 23, 2023 (#369)
title from "Love Dog" by TV on the Radio (2008)
Thank You For Smoking (2006)
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry (2022)
Friends 1.9, "The One Where Underdog Gets Away" (1994)
Friends 3.18 "The One With the Hypnosis Tape" (1997)
Friends 5.8 "The One with All the Thanksgivings" (1998)
one line from Thank You For Your Service by David Finkel (2013)
penultimate line from "Thank U" by Alanis Morisette (1998)
last line from "Fire Water Burn" by Bloodhound Gang (1996)
"The Dialect of Negation," October 17, 2023 (#368)
title from "tonite" by LCD Soundsystem (2017)
"The 'Banking' Concept of Education" by Paulo Freire (1968)
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (1988)
penultimate line from Slow Reading in a Hurried Age by David Mikics (2013)
"An Appalling Wilderness of Worlds," October 5, 2023 (#367)
title from The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature by William James (1902)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
"The Apotheosis Portfolio," October 4, 2023 (#366)
title adapted from Lisey's Story by Stephen King (2006)
Cujo by Stephen King (1981)
Coco (2017)