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Hitching rides on the stereotrope, with Lise Erdrich and other rowdy writers

Posted on April 5, 2009 by Bruce White
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The stereotrope, invented around 1860, used stop-action photography and persistence of vision to give the illusion of motion to three-dimensional images. In this it resembles the stereotype, which certainly counts on persistent vision and is intended to give the illusion … Continue reading →

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Heid Erdrich, knocking over monuments

Posted on March 20, 2009 by Bruce White
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One of the definitions of the word “monument” is “a stone shaft or other object set in the earth to mark a boundary.” This is not exactly what Heid E. Erdrich had in mind in her brilliant new book of … Continue reading →

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