Author: Giovannaccio Perdigiorno
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La Bella Lingua
A brief introduction to the delicious life of Pietro Aretino. And so. If you happened to be born in Arezzo in the 1400s (or ever), and had the misfortunate sting of poetry running in your veins, your light was shadowed by Francesco Petrarca, the priest who had discovered and spread the work of Cicero, the…
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Hocus Porcus
Eric Millman A confused, pseudo-sexual investigation into prosciutto, the Cadillac of dead animals. You pig eaters should be ashamed of yourselves. Consuming these beautiful, intelligent beings is the ultimate act of indulgence, of cruelty, an act that borders on the profane, the cannibalistic, on the transcendently delicious and sustainable. To eat a pig is to…
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In Review: Emperor of the North Pole
Eric Millman Cast the hobo to the river. Well. If you’re looking for a real man’s man movie, you found it! Just a couple o’ boys riding the rails in Depression-era Oregon, drankin’ hooch, trying to stick it to The Man (so to speak). This is a story of glory, glory for story, where men…
