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About David W. Boles

Publishes 14 blogs through BolesBlogs.com. Teaches via BolesUniversity.com. Publishes through BolesBooks.com. Lives at Boles.com.

A Great Black Moment in White House History: May I Touch Your Hair?

Posted on February 13, 2012

A great bit of human drama unfolded in the White House last week and it was a simple and stunning moment that proved the humanity of our current president and the unfettered charm and inquisitiveness of an eager mind.  Barack … Continue reading →

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Drinking Donkey Semen: How Goodness Declines into Dramatic Satire and Animated Cynicism

Posted on January 30, 2012

I’m not one for mocking and cruelly kidding around with people.  Sarcasm has been misunderstood and misinterpreted too many times by well-intentioned people who then land in large vats of trouble dealing with the aftereffects of a failed sense of … Continue reading →

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Mac Wellman’s Free CUNY MFA

Posted on January 5, 2012

Playwright Mac Wellman has an interesting idea:  Give CUNY students a tuition-free Master of Fine Arts degree to allow them to study the Arts without going deep into debt. Mac wants these students to learn how they construct the world … Continue reading →

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Overcoming a Cruel Aesthetic

Posted on December 12, 2011

Sometimes, there is no place lower to go than the depths of a tasteless, public, aesthetic parading itself on the paving stones of public discourse as an ingenious iteration of inspiration — when the idea is really nothing more than … Continue reading →

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