Proust and James Joyce were particularly important in helping Alison Bechdel negotiate her complex relations with her father.
Monthly Archives: December 2014
Portrait of the Lesbian as a Young Artist
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged A. A. Milne, Alison Bechdel, Autobiography, Catcher in the Rye, Colette, Fun House, homosexuality, Importance of Being Earnest, J. D. Salinger, James and the Giant Peach, James Joyce, lesbianism, Marcel Proust, Oscar Wilde, Remembrance of Things Past, Roald Dahl, Ulysses, Winnie the Pooh Comments closed
Bechdel Uses Lit to Understand Her Life
Alison’s Bechdel time and again turns to literature in her memoir to understand her upbringing.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Sunday Morning", F. Scott Fitzgerald, family drama, Great Gatsby, Henry James, homosexuality, Marriage, Portrait of a Lady, Wallace Stevens, Washington Square Comments closed
Open Season on Young Black Men
Hilaire Belloc satirically advocates dire punishment for childish misbehavior except when it comes to guns. The NRA would approve.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Algernon", Darren Wilson, Ferguson, George Zimmerman, Hilaire Belloc, Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin Comments closed
Banishing Fear by Standing Tall
Police officer Darren Wilson, whom a Ferguson Grand Jury refused to indict last week for shooting Michael Brown, is the latest in a long line of police and vigilantes who have gone free after killing unarmed black men. Upon hearing the decision, one National Public Radio columnist turned to an Audre Lorde poem for comfort. […]
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Litany for Survival", Audre Lorde, Darren Wilson, Ferguson protests, Michael Brown, racial injustice, shooting of unarmed black men Comments closed
