Alee Karim

Writer, journo, composer, fretted string instrumentalist. Okay at computers, bad at drawing. Stuff lives at: http://aleekarim.com

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The Number of the Dead

“It disturbs me to hear an equivocal amount expressed for mass deaths: nearly 3000, over 20,000, tens of thousands, and so on.

Alee Karim9 min read

There, But Not There: Intertextual Encounters with Blade Runner

Or, Creating New Stories From The Stories of Philip K. Dick

Alee Karim7 min read

Notes on Race in the Wake of the Boston Marathon

First off, I’m an American. News of the bombing in Boston this past April made my heart alternately race and sink.

Alee Karim4 min read

On Bolaño’s ‘2666' and Elevator Pitches

If you traffic in ideas for a living, chances are high that you don’t like those ideas until you can translate them into Elevator Pitches.

Alee Karim4 min read

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The Victim, The Comforter, The Guy’s Girl…

There’s only room for certain kinds of women in the tech world.

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Climate of Terror

A modest proposal

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How To Attend a Funeral

You do not sit in the front row. That is for family.

Mike Monteiro3 min read