Chris talks about how much Lord of the Flies surprised him, assuming that it was...kind of childish? How Australian grade school kids prepared him to take the book seriously. As well as a line by line reading and lesson in what makes Golding's writing so "literary." The word pretentious gets said a lot. Like, a lot.   ---------- Have a request for a movie, TV show, book, or album? Send them to NewSchoolChris@gmail.com, or send a tweet to @NewSchoolChris or @KanyePodcast.

"After Hours" by The Weeknd - paradise gained/reality lost

Discussing movies, tv shows, books, and albums. Taking requests for what to talk about. 

The New School Critic movement is focused on steering criticism away from review, away from the binary judgments of "good" or "bad." It focuses on the exploration of meaning, the examination of formal techniques, and what we can gain from the works in question.