Author: El Portal
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February’s El Portal Web Features
This month’s web feature includes poetry by Alexandra Itzi. Check out Itzi’s “Nothing” and “Marlboro Marlboro.” If you have questions concerning El Portal web features, feel free to drop us a line at el.portal@enmu.edu.
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ItNothing (Poem by Alexandra Itzi)
“No.” “But I—“ “I said no.” There was a slam, a bang, and then a sigh. That’s how the story started, and also how it ended. She looked down at his body, at the crooked bend of his neck. She peeked into the crater of flesh, at the bored-out hole in his skull.…
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Thinking West: Hunting West
In the mythic West, game the size of dinosaurs and mastodons roams the sun-parched land. This makes it incredibly difficult for those (new) western settlers from Eastern shores to obtain fresh meat. Thus, new settlers have needed to adapt their hunting techniques by seeking weapons only meant for the likes of Goliath.
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What’s Wrong with Only Reading Half a Book? (Electric Literature)
Last month, the e-reading company Kobo revealed which books its users read to completion. Much was made of the fact that Donna Tartt’s prize-winning bestseller The Goldfinch was only finished by 44% of Kobo readers, and that, in general, the bestseller list didn’t match up at all with the most completed list. It also spurned…
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Jim O’Donnell Lecture (Today)
Jim O’Donnell will be giving a lecture today in JWLA 112 at 2p. We welcome and encourage all to attend this lecture. For more information on Jim O’Donnell and his writing, please visit O’Donnell’s personal website. If you have any questions concerning Jim O’Donnell’s lecture, please feel free to contact ENMU’s Department of Languages and…
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Jim O’Donnell Lecture Reminder (JWLA 112)
Jim O’Donnell will be giving a lecture on 29 January (Thursday). This lecture will be held in JWLA 112 at 2p. We welcome and encourage all to attend. For more information on Jim O’Donnell and his writing, please visit O’Donnell’s personal website. If you have any questions concerning Jim O’Donnell’s lecture, please feel free to…
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O’Donnell Lecture (Thursday, 29 January)
This year’s Jack Williamson Endowed Chair will be giving a lecture on 29 January. This lecture will be held in JWLA 112 at 2p. We welcome and encourage all to attend. For more information on Jim O’Donnell and his writing, please visit O’Donnell’s personal website. If you have any questions concerning Jim O’Donnell’s lecture, please…
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Jim O’Donnell Lecture (Thursday, 29 January)
This year’s Jack Williamson Endowed Chair will be giving a lecture on 29 January (Thursday). This lecture will be held in JWLA 112 at 2p. We welcome and encourage all to attend. For more information on Jim O’Donnell and his writing, please visit O’Donnell’s personal website. If you have any questions concerning Jim O’Donnell’s lecture,…
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Portugal
According to the CIA World Factbook, Portugal is slightly smaller in size than Indiana. In 2001, Portugal decriminalized drug possession, which precipitated in fewer drug crimes and even fewer drug abuse cases amongst Portugal’s youth. Portugal was one of the world’s leading maritime powers during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. During the early years of…
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Thinking West: Have Gun — Will Travel (“Ballad of the Paladin”)
CBS’s Have Gun — Will Travel was a classic show about a mythical West, where gunslingers, bandits, and businessmen ruled the frontier–all brought to one’s television in crisp (4:9) black and white. The best part of the show had to be its closing theme music or ballad (“Ballad of the Paladin”) by Johnny Western. The…
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Writing Pros: How J.K. Rowling Plotted Harry Potter with a Hand-Drawn Spreadsheet
Open Culture featured an article discussing how J. K. Rowling plotted her Harry Potter stories using a hand-drawn spreadsheet (see image below). How do you plot your stories or novels? Check out the original article at Open Culture .
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Thinking West: Robo Novels
Technology and science now act as the modern world’s newest frontier. It is a frontier full of excitement, questions, and its share of dangers. The questions brought forth from this nebulous frontier could shape our world and how technological and scientific progress become part and parcel of our daily lives. As we approach the singularity…
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Weird Stuff Authors Do: James Patterson’s Self-Destructing Book Scheme
James Patterson has taken the cake for weird s@#$ authors do to snag the public spotlight. Check out the video below. For more information on Patterson’s self-destructing book, check out Mashable‘s article on this bizarre event.
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Jim O’Donnell Reading Today! (23 January)
Jim O’Donnell will be reading some of his work in JWLA 112 at 2pm. We welcome and encourage all to join us for today’s reading.
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More from Jim O’Donnell
Danube River at Night – My Shot of the Day – October 16, 2014. More Pictures of Beautiful Bratislava by Night. We be will hosting two major events while Jim O’Donnell is in Portales: Reading on Friday, the 23rd at 2pm in JWLA 112 Lecture on Thursday the 29th at 2pm in JWLA 112
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Exploring the Rackova Valley – Tatras National Park – Slovakia (Jim O’Donnell)
We be will hosting two major events while Jim O’Donnell is in Portales: Reading on Friday, the 23rd at 2pm in JWLA 112 (our nice, new lecture hall) Lecture on Thursday the 29th at 2pm in JWLA 112
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Thinking West: Tortillas in Space
Tortillas are part of the Southwestern diet, displacing the tasteless, crumby sliced bread. You can roll them. You can stuff them. You can use tortillas to clean your plate or shovel morsels of beans and meat into your already stuffed mouth. Tortillas are the Swiss Army knives of food. They’re served in restaurants and sold…
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