May 2012
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Wislawa Szymborska: Poet, Nobel Laureate,...
Wislawa Szymborska, the endearing poet from Poland, died on the first day of February this year, at the age of 88. The world first started paying attention to the notoriously private Szymborska when she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1996, “for poetry that with ironic precision allows the historical and biological context to come to light in fragments of human...
You Eat That?
By RACHEL HERZ l WSJ Jan.28, 2012
Disgust is one of our most basic emotions—the only one that we have to learn—and nothing triggers it more reliably than the strange food of others.
Nattō is a stringy, sticky, slimy, chunky fermented soybean dish that Japanese regularly eat for breakfast. It can be eaten straight up, but it is usually served cold over rice and seasoned with soy sauce,...
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Documentary Films, A Long List.
List By: osdeducation
This is the best of times, this is the worst of times. Here is a list of documentaries available online. If the links sink, please consult your friendly neighborhood library. Have a bleak weekend ahead, when in agony, act like Tilo (pictured above).
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Capitalism - A Love Story: Michael Moore documentary centering on the financial crisis of...
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