The reactionary South is like Emily in Faulkner’s story, clinging to a dead love while the world moves on.
Monthly Archives: January 2013
The American South, Trapped in the Past
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A Millennial Reads Jane Austen
In this millennial’s reading of Jane Austen, she is somewhere between feminine and feministy.
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Sweethearts Now Cleared for Combat
Tim O’Brien’s Vietnam War story about a woman who goes rogue has things to teach us about the recent suspension of the Pentagon ban on women in combat.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged crimes against humanity, Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad, Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien, war, women in combat Comments closed
First Snowfall, A Moment of Grace
For Mary Oliver, the season’s first snow fall raises existential questions and then answers them in its own way.
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Wilmot Understands Our Gun Obsession
John Wilmot would understand the obsession of America’s gun extremists.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Satyr against Reason and Mankind", gun control, John Wilmot, NRA Comments closed
Why Roe v. Wade? Read “Cider House”
John Irving shows the horrors that can happen when abortion is not available.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Abortion, Cider House Rules, John Irving, Roe v. Wade Comments closed
