Tag: politics

• quick review: orwell’s down and out in paris and london

  

  Drafting and revising semi-orphaned novel project but had some time to finish reading Orwell’s memoir/nonfiction/autobiographical novel about a young writer’s time in the ghettos of Paris and London. He works in restaurants and sleeps in homeless hostels. Pawns his clothes for food and also closely observes the down and out people he encounters. What strikes […]

  john paul jaramillo

  March 17, 2013

  book reviews, reading, Updates

  autobiography, book review, books, creative non-fiction, creative nonfiction, down and out in paris and london, George Orwell, literature, memoir, nonfiction, nonfiction novel, novel, politics, Writers, writing

• influence of v for vendetta

  

  Had a great talk today with a student about writing that serves truth instead of ego. Also about writing and politics. We both admitted Alan Moore and V For Vendetta were so influential to our thought process–political and social awareness. I keep repeating to my students I wouldn’t be a teacher or writer without graphic novels and […]

  john paul jaramillo

  February 4, 2013

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  alan moore, books, comic books, comics, david lloyd, dystopian literature, Fiction, fiction literature, graphic novels, literature, politics, v for vendetta, Writers, writing