Ancient Grains Archive
Texts From Miss Havisham
Ancient Grains, Books, Texts From
Aug 28, 2013
Previous entries in the series can be found here.
Sarah, darling!
Got your note
oh lovely
couldn’t possibly make it over for the christening
as I’m simply swamped at the moment
(you may recall I was left at the altar
and have spent the intervening years reeling from the betrayal)
yes I remember
Wish terribly I could make it
but
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On Making Mirrors
Ancient Grains, Television
Aug 28, 2013
In 2009, at a speech to Bergen Community College, Junot Diaz described his work as the process of making mirrors. He likened the experience of growing up Dominican in America to being a vampire and having no reflection: “if you want to make a human being into a monster, deny them, at
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Days of Future Past: The Esoterrorism of Wild Palms
Ancient Grains, Movies
Aug 28, 2013
I’m trying to remember how and from where I procured a boxset of Wild Palms, but can only recall the words of a screenwriter friend who implored me with some urgency, “If you ever see it somewhere, buy it,” and that when I saw it someplace or other, I did.
The tragedy
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Glossary For Annotated Email Correspondence From 2013
Ancient Grains, The Internet
Aug 28, 2013
1. "omigod": Used to signify either great love for something, shock at its existence, or as a polite way to respond to something for which one's legitimate response might be impolitic.
2. "perffff": Used to acknowledge that the arrangement proposed by the recipient is acceptable and they should proceed forward with said plan.
3.
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In Blind Judgment
Ancient Grains, Writing
Aug 28, 2013
You judge people with your eyes. That’s a private theory I developed as a teen, after losing much of my own eyesight.
Everyone has an internal scale; an intelligent but subconscious apparatus that weighs human intentions, beyond what you simply see in a person. The idea is that, if you’re in touch ...Read More
Criminalizing Us to Death: How Racism in Medicine Nearly Killed Anthony Stokes
Ancient Grains, Health, Racism
Aug 28, 2013
In my first year of college I took a fair number of psychology classes. I didn’t know exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up, but I knew I wanted to avoid all of the math and science I could in the process of figuring it out. So psychology ...Read More
Everything Is Better With Goths
Ancient Grains, Artwork, Cartoons
Aug 28, 2013
The Quotable Jane Austen for Evil People: Mansfield Park Edition
Ancient Grains, Books
Aug 28, 2013
Previous editions of the Quotable Jane Austen for Evil People can be found here.
When a guy at a party asks if you want to go see a movie with him next weekend:
"Do not you know that, of all things upon earth, that is the least likely to happen?"
When preparing your
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