Film Review: Smoke Signals (1998) - Native American Chris Eyre's film takes a...
Unfortunately, it is rare to find films with all Native American casts and it’s especially rare to find one that has reached anything approaching a wide release. That’s why the 1998 indie film Smoke...
View ArticleBook Review: “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven” by Sherman...
A while back, I reviewed the 1998 film Smoke Signals on the SevenPonds blog. This inspired me to read the collection of short stories on which the film was based. The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in...
View ArticleBook Review: “Birds of America” by Lorrie Moore (1998) - Lorrie Moore's...
Lorrie Moore has made an appearance on this blog before for a reason. Her simple, incisive writing and her tragically everyday characters make for some very affecting pieces on life, death and...
View ArticleWhat is the Threshold Choir? An Interview with Kate Munger - We discuss the...
Today SevenPonds speaks with Kate Munger who founded the Threshold Choir in 2000 with the idea of creating a chorus of women’s voices that could provide soothing song at people’s bedsides. She now...
View ArticleFilm Review: Up (2009) - How Pixar makes a floating house lead to a healing...
Pixar is that magical Emeryville-based animation company that can do no wrong (except, perhaps, for the Cars franchise; otherwise, their output is perfection). In 2009, Pixar released what may be its...
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