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True Crime 101
how I became a true crime professor, colonial crime stories, more recommendations
Sep 30
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Justin St. Germain
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August 2024
Unpacking My Library
Also: bad times at my old workplace, a new essay, why I'm anti-list, Shoah, hometown movies, etc
Aug 28
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Justin St. Germain
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June 2024
Stacks on Stacks on Stacks
Also: Walter Benjamin's Illuminations, the Apu trilogy, a brief hiatus
Jun 10
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Justin St. Germain
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May 2024
Cactus Country, vibes novels, documentary binging
Also: basketball injuries and a little thanatology
May 7
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Justin St. Germain
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April 2024
Paisan!
Ancestry, antinatalism, Flanders red ales
Apr 8
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Justin St. Germain
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March 2024
It's no Justified, but that new Capote show is pretty good
Also: the enrollment cliff, sports orgasms, bean recommendations
Mar 7
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Justin St. Germain
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February 2024
A Literary Loss, the Oral Tradition, White Blindness
My brief studies with N. Scott Momaday
Feb 7
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Justin St. Germain
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January 2024
"At War With the Obvious"
William Eggleston, favorite reads of '23, a good first one of '24, etc.
Jan 8
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Justin St. Germain
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December 2023
Talking in Memphis
Literary prose, memory holes, more yums
Dec 12, 2023
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Justin St. Germain
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November 2023
Neoliberal nonfiction, NBA bandwagoning, Japanese snacks
Sometime around fifteen years ago, somewhat unconsciously, I switched over from writing and teaching exclusively fiction to writing and teaching almost…
Nov 7, 2023
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Justin St. Germain
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October 2023
Book Thieves, Dirty Water, Hot Chicken
The other day, The Atlantic published an article about Meta training its generative AI on pirated versions of published books. (Here’s a link to the…
Oct 4, 2023
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Justin St. Germain
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September 2023
Mountaineers & the Mountain West
Budget cuts, conference realignment, etc.
Sep 5, 2023
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Justin St. Germain
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