I started Interminable Rambling in August 2015. On this site, I provide reflections on African American, American, and Southern Literature, American popular culture and politics, and pedagogy. Interminable Rambling arose out of the blog I maintained for the Ernest J Gaines Center. There, I wrote about items in the center’s archives, Gaines’ works, and texts that related to Gaines and Louisiana. When I moved on from the center, I started Interminable Rambling as a way to maintain a writing schedule.
Every time I drive to Atlanta, I encounter the succinct encapsulation of the ways that some have merged patriotism and Christianity into Christian fascism, a worldview that puts nation and individual above one’s call to lover God with their while being and their neighbor as themselves. As I speed down the highway, I gaze ahead,…
Like me, my wife enjoys reading, and her birthday is December 21. Her birthday’s proximity to Christmas always makes it a challenge to get her something, notably because she always says, “I don’t want anything because we need to save uo for Christmas.” A few months ago, I came across someone on social media who…
While T’Challa serves as the narrative center of Don McGregor, Billy Graham, and Rich Buckler’s “Panther’s Rage” story arc in Jungle Action Featuring: Black Panther, the series contains numerous supporting characters who have their own tragectories over the course of the arc. One of these is Kantu, a nine-year-old boy who appears in almost every issue…
Recently, I examined some of Billy Graham’s layouts and panels in Jungle Action Featuring: The Black Panther #11. Since then, I can’t stop thinking about this issue and the ways that it confronts the physical and psychological destruction caused by war and hatred. It reminds me, in some ways, of Rick Remender and Daniel Acuña’s Escape, a series I have written…
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