D. R. James

The Same Game

In this poem, D. R. James writes of all the ways in which your hometown basketball games haven’t changed.

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Hollis Phelps

On The (Gritty) Birth of Christ

This essay argues against sentimentalized images of the nativity for a more realistic rendering of the birth of Jesus.

M. Leary

Inglourious Basterds (Tarantino, 2009)

Tarantino’s films expose the Binx Bolling in us all, restless until we have a tidy border of cultural reference within which we can claim our stake. Most of his intricately scripted and arranged films are hardwired into the idea that his audience has nostalgic connections to all the bits of media history he is tossing out at us.