Nicholas Troester

In an interview with io9, Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin went out of his way to take a swipe at believers. The interviewer asks about Martin’s writing method, and the process by which he creates characters. Seeing a link between a comment Martin made and Sherwood Anderson’s . . . . Continue Reading »

Surprise, surprise: A song from Kanye West’s new album has drawn a lot of controversy. “Blood on the Leaves” gets its most prominent sample from Nina Simone’s rendition of “Strange Fruit”: Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees Blood on the leaves No one seems to . . . . Continue Reading »