Drinking Games

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Essay: "Drinking Games" by Malcolm Gladwell
Webpage: http://calband.berkeley.edu/?media/songs/drinking-song
Film: On the Bowery (1957)
Film: Withnail and I (1986)
Film: 28 Days (2000)
Film: Strange Brew (1983)
Novel: Ironweed by William J. Kennedy
Nonfiction: Drinking in America: a history by Mark Edward Lender and James Kirby Martin
Short story: "Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut" by J.D. Salinger
Short story: "A New Leaf" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Poem: "I wish I could drink like a lady" by Dorothy Parker
Wikipedia:Binge drinking

British Autistic

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Memoir: George and Sam by Charlotte Moore
Article: "About Nick's boy" by Matt Seaton
Novel: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Nonfiction: Not Even Wrong by Paul Collins
Article: "The Victorian genius of Earlswood --– a review of the case of James Henry Pullen" by Caoimhghín S Breathnach and Conor Ward
Website: http://www.stephenwiltshire.co.uk/
Website: http://www.wawro.net/
Website: http://www.autism.org.uk/
Chapter: "Autism: deficits in folk psychology exist alongside superiority in folk physics" by Simon Baron-Cohen in Understanding Other Minds: Perspectives from Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Wikipedia: Sociological and cultural aspects of autism

John Granger v Harry Potter

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Book series: Harry Potter septology by J.K. Rowling
Nonfiction: How Harry Cast His Spell: The Meaning Behind the Mania for J. K. Rowling's Bestselling Books by John Granger
Nonfiction: The Deathly Hallows Lectures: The Hogwarts Professor Explains the Final Harry Potter Adventure by John Granger
Nonfiction: Harry Potter's Bookshelf: The Great Books behind the Hogwarts Adventures by John Granger
Wikipedia: John Granger

Damn Injuns

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Documentary: American Outrage (2007)
Journal: any one issue of The American Indian Quarterly
Website: http://www.pbs.org/itvs/alcatrazisnotanisland/index.html
Novel: Chancers by Gerald Robert Vizenor
Film: Powwow Highway (1989)
Film: Billy Jack (1971)
Poem: "In 1864" by Luci Tapahonso
Nonfiction: American Indian Activism: Alcatraz to the Longest Walk edited by Troy Johnson, Joane Nagel, Duane Champagne
Wikipedia: American Indian Movement

Antarctic Adventure

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Novel: The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allen Poe
Novel: Pym by Mat Johnson
Novella: At the Mountains of Madness by H. P. Lovecraft
Documentary: The Endurance (2000)
Dacumentary: March of the Penguins (2005)
Article: "Cold Comforts: Antarctic Research Bases Are Seriously Self-Sustaining" by Andrew Blum
Comics: Whiteout (volume one) by Greg Rucka and Steve Lieber
Symphony: Sinfonia Antartic by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Film: Scott of the Antarctic (1948)
Wikipedia: History of Antarctica

The Fisher King

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Novel: The Grey King by Susan Cooper
Film: The Fisher King (1991)
Film: Excalibur (1981)
Romance: Le Morte d'Arthur (Book II, Chapter XV) by Thomas Malory
Opera: Parsifal Act I by Richard Wagner
Picture book: Magic Beach by Crockett Johnson
Television: Criminal Minds, "The Fisher King" (two episodes)
Essay: "Wounded Masculinity: Parsifal and The Fisher King Wound" by Richard Sanderson
Webpage: http://www.uiweb.uidaho.edu/student_orgs/arthurian_legend/grail/fisher/
Wikipedia: Fisher King

Romero’s Zombies

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Nonfiction: Gospel of the Living Dead: George Romero's Visions of Hell on Earth by Kim Paffenroth
Nonfiction: George A. Romero by Tom Fallows and Curtis Owen
Radio: "Zombies: Still Undead, And Suddenly Everywhere" by Beth Accomando, Morning Edition
Radio: "Horror Film Director George Romero" by Terry Gross, Fresh Air
Film: Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Film: Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Film: Day of the Dead (1985)
Film: Land of the Dead (2005)
Film: Diary of the Dead (2007)
Film: Survival of the Dead (2010)
Film: Zombi 2 (1979)
Film: Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Short story: "Bobby Conroy Comes Back from the Dead" by Joe Hill
Wikipedia: Living Dead

Braaaaaaaains

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Guide: The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks
Comics: The Walking Dead, Volume 1 by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, and Cliff Rathburn
Audiobook: World War Z by Max Brooks
Novel: Day by Day Armageddon by J. L. Bourne
Novel: The Rising by Brian Keene
Film: Zombieland (2009)
Film: Braindead (1992)
Film: The Evil Dead (1981)
Film: Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Film reviews: coldfusionvideo.com's "Month of the Living Dead" series
Video Game: Left 4 Dead (2008)
Wikipedia: Zombie apocalypse

Not so real now, are you?

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Play: Six Characters in Search of an Author by Luigi Pirandello
Film: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)
Film: Adaptation (2002)
Short film: Rejected (2000)
Short film: Duck Amuck (1953)
Comics: City of Glass: The Graphic Novel by Paul Auster, Paul Karasik, David Mazzucchelli
Comics: Animal Man, Book 1 by Grant Morrison
Television: "Five Characters in Search of an Exit" of The Twilight Zone
Short story: "The Story Writer" by Richard Wilson
Novel: Who Censored Roger Rabbit? by Gary K. Wolf
Video game: Myst (1993)
Wikipedia: Metafiction

Reading Hmong

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Novel: Dead Promise by Patch Xiong
Memoir: The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadima
Oral history: I Begin My Life All Over: The Hmong and the American Immigrant Experience collected by Lillian Faderman with Ghia Xiong
Collection: Bamboo Among the Oaks: Contemporary Writing by Hmong Americans edited by Mai Neng Moua
Memoir: The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir by Kao Kalia Yang
Article: "My big, fat Hmong wedding: Exploring the culture and traditions of matrimony for the Hmong people" by Monica Ly
Wikipedia: Hmong customs and culture

Take a Long Walk in America

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Nonfiction: A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson
Documentary: Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery (1997)
Nonfiction: "Under the Command of the Devil" (chapter theee of Army Of Israel: Mormon Battalion Narratives edited by David Bigler and Will Bagley)
Video game: The Oregon Trail (1985)
Nonfiction: The Man Who Walked Through Time: The Story of the First Trip Afoot Through the Grand Canyon by Colin Fletcher
Article: "The Lure of a Long Trail: Planning a Thru-Hike" by Barbara Egbert
Wikipedia: Long-distance trail

Gonna Be a Writer Someday

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Website: www.writersdigest.com
Website: www.wga.org
Novel: Old School by Tobias Wolff
Novel: Utterly Yours, Booker Jones by Betsy Duffey
Magazine: The most recent issue of Poets & Writers
Advice Book: Juicy Pens, Thirsty Paper: Gifting the World with Your Words and Stories, and Creating the Time and Energy to Actually Do It by Sark
Film Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Film: Freedom Writers (2007)
Article: "Confessions of a Writer: The Ugly Truth About Being a Writer" by Michelle Devon
Nonfiction: Snoopy's Guide to the Writing Life by Barnaby Conrad and Monte Schulz
Essays: The Faith of a Writer : Life, Craft, Art by Joyce Carol Oates
Wikipedia: Writer

The Minstrel Show

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Radio show: "The Legacy of Blackface: Artists Take On Roots of Racist Performance Tradition" The Tavis Smiley Show June 2, 2004
Radio show: Any three episodes of Amos 'n' Andy (http://www.archive.org/details/amosandy1)
Play: The Blacks: A Clown Show by Jean Genet
Film: Bamboozled (2000)
Album: The Minstrel Show by Little Brother
Poem: "The Corner-Man" by Banjo Paterson
Nonfiction: Inside the Minstrel Mask: Readings in Nineteenth-Century Blackface Minstrelsy edited by Annemarie Bean, James V. Hatch and Brooks McNamara
Novel: Commodore Perry's Minstrel Show by Richard Wiley
Nonfiction: "A Pestilence of Ignunce: Blackface in the Twenty-first Century" (chapter one of Black like you : blackface, whiteface, insult & imitation in American popular culture)
Wikipedia: Minstrel show

Comics are bad for your soul

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Nonfiction: The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America by David Hajdu
Comics: The Hard Goodbye by Frank Miller
Comics: The EC Archives: Vault Of Horror Volume 1 by Al Feldstein et al
Comics: The EC Archives: Tales From The Crypt Volume 1 by Al Feldstein et al
Comics: The Mammoth Book of Best Crime Comics edited by Paul Gravett
Comics: The Mammoth Book of Best Horror Comics edited by Peter Normanton
Comics: The R. Crumb Coffee Table Art Book by R. Crumb
Film: Unbreakable (2000)
Film: Comic Book Confidential (1988)
Film: The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002)
Article: "Mike Diana's Zine 'Boiled Angel' Found Obscene in Florida" by Scott Pfeiffer
Website: http://www.cbldf.org/
Wikipedia:

Twilight

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Novel: Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Novel: New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
Novel: Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
Novel: Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
Manuscript: Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer
Nonfiction: Spotlight: A Close-Up Look at the Artistry and Meaning of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga by John Granger
Nonfiction: Twilight and Philosophy: Vampires, Vegetarians, and the Pursuit of Immortality edited by Rebecca Housel and J. Jeremy Wisnewski
Essays: A New Dawn: Your Favorite Authors on Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Series edited by Ellen Hopkins
Online journal: Reading Until Dawn: Critical Essays on Stephenie Meyer
Film: Twilight (2008)
Film: New Moon (2009)
Wikipedia: Twilight (series)

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

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Film: O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Film: Sullivan's Travels (1941)
Epic poem: The Odyssey by Homer
Documentary: Down from the Mountain (2000)
YouTube: Any ten clips from Ma and Pa Kettle films
Nonfiction: The Coen Brothers by Ronald Bergan, chapter XI "Odd Odyssey"
DVD: The Three Stooges collection. Volume one, 1934-1936 (2007)
Wikipedia: O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Barrio of gangery

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Film: Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life) (1994)
Film: Blood in Blood Out (1993)
Film: American Me (1992)
Nonfiction: Street Gang Awareness: A Resource Guide for Parents and Professionals by Steven L. Sach
Nonfiction: Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A. by Luis J. Rodriguez
Nonfiction: Barrio Gangs: Street Life and Identity in Southern California by James Diego Vigil
Wikipedia: Mara Salvatrucha

The Persistence of Darkness

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Essay: "The Persistence of Darkness" by Michael Collings
Novella: The Mist by Stephen King
Epic poem: Beowulf
Play: Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Play: Dr. Faustus by Christopher Marlowe
Film: Titus (1999)
Nonfiction: Horror: A Thematic History in Fiction and Film by Darryl Jones
Wikipedia: Darkness

Lovecraft

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Website: http://www.hplovecraft.com/
Collection: H. P. Lovecraft: Tales edited by Peter Straub
YouTube: "The Adventures of Lil Cthulhu" by TheZebu
Film: Necronomicon (1993)
Film: Re-Animator (1985)
Article: "H.P. Lovecraft's Afterlife" by John J. Miller
Article: "The King of Weird" by Joyce Carol Oates
Wikipedia: H. P. Lovecraft

Different versions of the same thing

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Film: The Beaver Trilogy (2000)
Film: Vantage Point (2008)
Film series: Trilogy (Cavale, Un couple épatant, Près la vie: all 2002)
Novel: The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
Novel: Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
Novel: The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Wikipedia: Eyewitness identification