Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Beloved's Controversial Award
Some members of America's literary community are up in arms, claiming Toni Morrison's Beloved was named the best American novel of the past 25 years out of political correctness. What do you think?
Amie Mondale,
Crime-Scene Cleaner
"Beloved?! Over that, uh... one classic book? And what about that other one? Past 25 years, you said?"
Andrew Blevins,
Building Manager
"Blah, blah, blah. When do we vote for best kebabs?"
Syd Green,
Tailor
"Beloved is just another example of angry minorities trying to do away with the canon by generating moving works of literary genius."
-
02.09.10
| Issue 46•06
Following last month's costly recall of 8.1 million vehicles due to an acceleration problem, Toyota will reportedly recall its latest hybrid Prius...
-
02.08.10
| Issue 46•05
Ten American missionaries were charged with kidnapping after trying to take 33 Haitian children—some orphans, some not—across the border to the...
-
02.05.10
| Issue 46•05
Citing the study's bad methodology, the British medical journal The Lancet retracted a 1998 paper that linked autism with the...
-
02.04.10
| Issue 46•05
Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mike Mullen both spoke out in favor of Obama's call to lift the "don't ask, don't...
-
02.03.10
| Issue 46•05
After a dispute between Macmillan and Amazon over e-book pricing resulted in the retailer briefly removing all the publishing house's books from its...
-
02.02.10
| Issue 46•05
Due to financial constraints, NASA's plans to return to the moon are no longer in the Obama budget. What do you think?