Although the late Cormac McCarthy had a very dark vision of humanity, one can find glimpses of hope within his novels.
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McCarthy: Dark, Occasionally Hopeful
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Is Father-Son Conflict Inevitable?
I had an interesting conversation with my two sons yesterday as we drove them and my daughter-in-law to the Portland airport, marking the beginning of the end of our summer vacation. The conversation began with me wondering why there weren’t works of literature that accurately capture the kind of father-son relationship that I feel that […]
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