Christine Kenneally
This woman was really cool. She is a native of Melbourne, Australia. She wrote about the evolution of language. In her readings, she compared the evolution of language to the evolution of the ichthyosaur. It was once small and unimpressive, but it grew into a behemoth of a creature. She came off as being very heartfelt about her chosen expertise. The effect rubbed off. For a little while, I actually cared about the evolution of language.
So, dolphins are really cool. They have the ability to mimic responses. As we know, mimicry is the first step in the learning process. They also possess the ability to generalize.
The last thing is that the alarm call are not considered to be a language.
By the way. That accent is HOTT!!
Joshua Prager
He is a new writer from New York, NY. He periodically writes for the Wall Street Journal. His work tends to focus mainly on lives that turned in one instant, secrets that have been revealed, or well known things.
His latest work focuses on the 1951 National League Pennant game. This game is often referenced in the collective American Memory. It is the only constant. This book exposes the fact that the Giants actually cheated in order to win the game. It was the best kept secret in sports.
Stacy Sullivan
She seemed to be the most down to earth of all three of the writers. However, she had the coolest topic.
Her book focused on an ethnic Albanian living as a roofer in Brooklyn. He supplied the Albanians of Kosovo with armor, weapons, and other stuff to aid in their resistance against the Serbians. Floren is the man’s name. Unfortunately his cousin, one of the founders of the KLA, the Kosovo Liberation Army, died shortly after the resistance started. More than 30,000 people showed up to his funeral. He became the “poster-child” for the KLA.
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I thought that the reading was really interesting. I did not know much about each of their topics but I think that made it a little better. They were all full of different sorts of information. I really want to read some of their books.. oh and that house was HUGE!
I went to the interview and all three of them were very impressing, but Stacy Sullivan's book interested me the most. I thought it was cool that she has done a whole bunch of research in the actual region that her book is set. I can't imagine how much of an eye-opener that was.
The final outside event!! Thought I enjoyed all of them, I'm happy to have them done.
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