Mike Fink
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It’s such a big book, how can you “teach” it in a single semester? My art students at the Rhode Island School of Design put most of their talents and efforts into the studio world, not the classroom realm of ideas.
It’s hard …
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Mike Fink
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12/25/15
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The timing was perfect: daylight saving time ended, giving us back a lost hour. I went to Columbus, Ohio, to visit the homestead of my favorite American humorist, James Thurber.
My freshman roommate at Yale had handed me …
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Mike Fink
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11/27/15
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As a teacher of film history, I show “classic” movies of yore and compare them to recent fare, adding commentary about their contexts. Here is such a comparison between then and now on-screen.
Sabu, the Indian stable boy who was the …
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Mike Fink
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10/29/15
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My father was born in London – in Whitechapel, the Jewish quarter. He was a first-born – a son! – so I have a fine framed oval portrait of him, dressed rather royally as a toddler, standing proudly and with poise for the …
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Mike Fink
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9/17/15
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I came across an odd and intriguing obituary: one Helen Aberson of Syracuse, New York, had died and asked the mourners to contribute to the United Jewish Appeal. Oh, and by the way, nonagenarian Helen Aberson had published one book, a …
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Mike Fink
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9/3/15
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“Denmark: A Photographer’s Odyssey” is a treasure of a book by our native son Marshall H. Cohen, a handsome volume printed by Narayana Press in Denmark and available locally at the Brown University Bookstore or by email …
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Mike Fink
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8/6/15
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“I was born in the Negev desert. The Turkish Ottoman Empire was crumbling, but my family was busy rebuilding the Hebrew language,” she said.
Varda Lev asked me to her home in the vicinity of the statue of Roger Williams. She wanted to show …
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Mike Fink
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6/18/15
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We had an open porch facing the yard at our childhood home. After the war, the G.I. vets looking for work closed it off and installed knotty pine panels from which we hung pictures and bas-relief decorations. We called the narrow chamber …
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Mike Fink
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5/22/15
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I like unpopular movies. “Woman in Gold” kept me deeply interested despite, or because of, its negative reviews. Helen Mirren did a superb job of portraying inner turmoil. The camera gave the viewer plenty to think about, not just …
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Mike Fink
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5/7/15
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It’s from Shakespeare, but I drag it out to describe my dilemma in the voting booth. A plague on both your houses! Along with a feh! The Republicans are right as rain when it comes to issues about Israel. Strangely, the right gets …
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Mike Fink
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4/23/15
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