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The Hunger Games

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On Movies & Media

The Hunger Games: Did You Ask For Seconds, or Send It Back to the Kitchen?

Time for a post-game show on The Hunger Games. What did you think of the movie? Can you think of other novels for teen readers or young adults that better deserve this kind of treatment and attention?
17 Aug 2012 1 min read
On Movies & Media

"It is competent and sufficient, and ... that’s what’s truly, dismayingly disappointing about it."

Here's an excerpt from a thorough, excellent review of Gary Ross's The Hunger Games by Roderick Heath: The Hunger Games Also, in case you missed it, here is my conversation with Hannah Faith Notess, poet and editor of Jesus Girls, about the book.
26 Apr 2012
Film Reviews

The Hunger Games (2012)

My review of The Hunger Games is up! It's actually a collaborative review with Seattle Pacific University's Response magazine editor Hannah Notess, published at Response. UPDATE: Some responses to the review are starting to show up on my Facebook page.
23 Mar 2012
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