Matthew WilliamsinOh Joan You Didion’t: LMU. Literary. Journalism.The personal or the storyNora Ephron and Joan Didion embody two sides to storytelling: Ephron the side of the personal generating the narrative and Didion the side…Dec 5, 2019Dec 5, 2019
Matthew WilliamsinOh Joan You Didion’t: LMU. Literary. Journalism.Writing of the MachineThough James Thurber’s article “Sex Ex Machina” is problematic in some areas of its discourse, several elements of literary journalism and…Nov 14, 2019Nov 14, 2019
Matthew WilliamsinOh Joan You Didion’t: LMU. Literary. Journalism.A Discourse of Silence: Queer Voices in the UniversityProposed Thesis/Lead: While queer voices are beginning to enter into academia, representation of actual queer people continues to evade…Nov 7, 2019Nov 7, 2019
Matthew WilliamsinOh Joan You Didion’t: LMU. Literary. Journalism.Developing Interest: The Fascinated and the RestrictedAnthony Bourdain is a figure often discussed at my family home. My mother and stepfather are a fan of his show, and they were both…Oct 24, 2019Oct 24, 2019
Matthew WilliamsinOh Joan You Didion’t: LMU. Literary. Journalism.Revisiting Sontag: evaluating the responses to “camp”Susan Sontag’s piece “Notes on Camp” attempts to define the term “camp” for an audience who presumably has little experience with the…Oct 17, 2019Oct 17, 2019
Matthew WilliamsinOh Joan You Didion’t: LMU. Literary. Journalism.Dissecting a ScandalFor this week’s assignment, I read “The New Yorker” piece titled “The Unseen Student Victims of the “Varsity Blues” College-Admissions…Oct 10, 2019Oct 10, 2019
Matthew WilliamsinOh Joan You Didion’t: LMU. Literary. Journalism.Nora EphronEssayist, humorist, screenwriter, and journalist, Nora Ephron was a witty persona filled with artistic talent. Known for her works “When…Oct 3, 2019Oct 3, 2019
Matthew WilliamsinOh Joan You Didion’t: LMU. Literary. Journalism.Looking toward the next race: a profile of Hannah WohlenbergShe was born to run — perhaps a bit of a cliché, but certainly a statement which is accurate of this young woman from Sacramento. A…Sep 26, 2019Sep 26, 2019
Matthew WilliamsinOh Joan You Didion’t: LMU. Literary. Journalism.Camp WildeI always find myself returning to Oscar Wilde. Writer, aesthete, gay man, precursor of camp — he is a figure who continues to resonate…Sep 19, 2019Sep 19, 2019
Matthew WilliamsinOh Joan You Didion’t: LMU. Literary. Journalism.Reconstructing TruthI am sitting alone in my room turning the pages of a book. However, the book is not visible — only I can see the black words splayed…Sep 12, 2019Sep 12, 2019