by Eric Franklin on November 1, 2009
I’ve been participating in the Infinite Summer project since it began back in June. The project brought together tons of people around the world to read Infinite Jest throughout the summer and then more recently read Dracula during the month of October.
I’ve been hosting bi-weekly Seattle area meetups throughout the online reading projects and [...]
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by Eric Franklin on October 20, 2009
The relations of self to other oftentimes reveal the deeply antagonistic relations of class, race and gender. Nowhere are the dichotomous natures of these relationships more apparent than in the novel Dracula. The shifting viewpoints of the narrative, given to the reader as journal entries, letters, and news story snippets, [...]
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by Eric Franklin on May 29, 2009
Readers of The Puget News may have already seen the Infinite Summer project currently being promoted by The Morning News. Basically, a large group of people are going to read “Infinite Jest” at the same time, starting June 21st and ending September 22nd. The website will be at the center of the project, hopefully hosting [...]
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