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“Arabs don't do crime fiction. I read crime fiction and I read Arabic literature, and I wish this was a novel I could have read in Arabic.”

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Elliott Colla

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“There are certainly times in history where power associates itself closely with fields that we would call the humanities, like rulers surrounding themselves with philosophers and poets, or playwrights. We do not live in that moment, and the best way to gauge the proximity of an academic field to power is by salary.”

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Author:Elliott Colla

“We like to look out on the world and see ourselves, so we have many, many novels, memoirs, and short stories in Iraq that are largely about Americans in Iraq, doing what Americans do.”

World Looks Stories Novel Iraq Memoir Short Story

Author:Elliott Colla

“Translated books rarely get reviewed in the press. Books or poems or works of art that don't seem to have a corresponding style or figure or theme, obviously they're hard to digest.”

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Author:Elliott Colla

“We are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as one of our most successful exports. The demand is huge.”

Successful Huge Demand Music Is Popular Music

Author:Billy Joel

“I was always really fascinated with animation, but just in a way all kids are with watching Disney movies and all that, but I had no idea how animation was done.”

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Author:Kirsten Lepore

“I was one of those kids that always drew all the time.”

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Author:Kirsten Lepore

“I played a lot of music all throughout my life, actually, but in high school I was in marching band and all the bands. So, I was big into music, I was big into drawing and sculpture, and all these different things.”

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Author:Kirsten Lepore

“Having animation as this time-based medium made a lot of sense for me, and then stop motion was even more fun because it was so hands-on and physical in a way that I really liked.”

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Author:Kirsten Lepore

“One of the biggest things for me was driving two hours to the location everyday, and then having to lug out two carts of equipment alone, and I always had to consider - I was shooting on a beach - I'm like, "Okay, bring out the props first that no one will steal," because I have to leave it unattended for a couple minutes while I grab my second cart of things.”

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Author:Kirsten Lepore

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