Escape Adulthood (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
“People don’t want their lives fixed. Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. Their distractions. Their stories resolved. Their messes cleaned up. Because what would they have left? Just the big scary unknown.” –Chuck Palahniuk (Click comic to view larger)
Watford Boy (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
I was surprised to learn, while here in Peru, that the number of people "disappeared" in this country during the war between Abimael Guzmán´s "Shining Path" guerilla/terrorist organisation and the state during the 1980s and 1990s eclipses the total number of victims of Chile´s traitor - Pinochet - and the Argentine Dirty War, put together . Around 70,000 people...
Bluestalking Reader (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Alright, I did get along fine with Chuck Palahniuk (copy/paste) for the first disc or two of Haunted. Around disc three I started to waver, and disc four never made it into the player in my car. I don't dislike...
Bluestalking Reader (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
I thought I hated Chuck Palahniuk. Ever since I saw my first book by him a few years ago. I judged him without even reading him, going solely on the covers of his books and something or other I read...
Pajiba (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
When you understand...that what you're telling is just a story. It isn't happening anymore. When you realize that story you're telling is just words, when you can just crumble it up and throw your past in the trashcan...then we'll figure...
The Dreamin' Demon (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
New York — During an English class at The Bronx School of Law and Finance popular English teacher Greg Van Voorhis gave students studying for the Regents Exam the graphic and sexually explicit short story “Guts” written by one of my favorite authors, Chuck Palahniuk. Fans of Palahniuk are very aware of the [...] Related posts: Natasha Sizow Is Hot.. For Students Oregon Teacher Wants...
kenneth in the (212) (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Talk about your extra credit. A popular English teacher in the Bronx is in hot water for giving his 11th-grade students a copy of a graphic short story about masturbation written by "Fight Club" author Chuck Palahniuk. Greg Van Voorhis, 30, handed out copies of Palahniuk's "Guts" late last month to about 100 students studying for the English Regents exam at The Bronx School of...
Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Greg Van Voorhis, a 30-year-old teacher at the Bronx School of Law and Finance, was suspended for giving students a Chuck Palahniuk story "about masturbation," per the Post . Our first thought when we read this: How bad could the story have been ? Probably not anything worse than teenagers hear or see or read on the Internet. Happily, the story was online. Or, maybe not so happily, because...
The Daily Transom (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
A Bronx English teacher has been suspended after assigning his students a Chuck Palahniuk story in which the protagonist masturbates with a carrot. The Post writes that Greg Van Voorhis, aka "Mr. V," had a "reputation for pushing the envelope"--which can hardly surprise the reader once they've seen a photo of Mr. Van Voorhis with shaggy hair and a loosened purple tie. Bronx School...
The Inkwell Bookstore Blog (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
The name Rodrigo Corral may not fire off any synapses in your brain, but a quick look at some of his cover art will surely set your sense memory atwitter. Dude not only did the cover art compiled below, he's also responsible for the covers to James Frey's infamous A Million Little Pieces and Junot Diaz' Pulitzer Prize-winning The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao . To see more of Corral's book covers,...
Pages (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
I was appointed at Edge Hill in 2006, having previously taught at The International Study Centre, Herstmonceux Castle (Queen’s University, Canada, in the U. K.), the University of Kent, and Canterbury Christ Church University. I have taught most periods and genres within English and American literature, but have tended to specialise in eighteenth-century literature, Renaissance drama (especially...
News America Now (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
“A beloved city schoolteacher has been suspended by the Department of Education after giving his 11th-grade students a copy of a graphic short story about masturbation written by ‘Fight Club’ author Chuck Palahniuk. Greg Van Voorhis, 30, handed out copies of Palahniuk’s ‘Guts’ late last month to about 100 students studying for the English Regents [...]
Techno Portal (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
It's the oldest tale in the book of high school cliches: Kids love cool English teacher for treating them like adults; administration hates cool English teacher for same reason; and then somewhere in there, there's a carrot in the butt. Greg Van Voorhis is totally the Cool English Teacher: Young dude, beard, long hair, calls himself " GvDubs " on Twitter. He gave his students the…...
LOST Theories (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Hi all, I've been reading a bunch of theories since The Incident aired, done the whole rewatch thing, etc. At first, I figured, like many - Locke's toast. But a few things don't add up. Firstly, from a narrative point of view, something felt wrong. If Locke was to be a pathetic red herring, it would have been flagged heavier. Secondly, how are there 2 physical Lockes on the island? Couple this with...
Reading with Tequila (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Monthly Mixer Mele Hosted by Jen's Book Talk All you have to do is read a book that begins with a letter of each month or read a book that begins with the authors name (first or last name, doesn’t matter). There are 74 letters so you will have to have 74 different books to complete the challenge. Books can however be used to complete other challenges. You don’t have to do the months in...
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