Year: 2019

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Interracial Intimacy in Ernest Gaines’ “Bloodline”

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As I read Ernest Gaines’ “Bloodline” recently, the interactions between ‘Malia and Frank Laurent stood out. The story, essentially, centers around Copper, the son of Frank’s brother Walter who raped Copper’s mother. Copper has returned to the Laurent plantation to claim what is his, by birth. Essentially, he arrives to overthrow the system that denies him an existence due to the fact that his … Read More Interracial Intimacy in Ernest Gaines’ “Bloodline”

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+ african american literature, albery allson whitman, american west, don flemons, frank yerby, herb jeffries, james baldwin, jennie carter, john marrant, nat love, oscar micheaux, paul laurence dunbar, percival everett, quintard taylor, syllabus, western

“African American Literature and the American West” Syllabus

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The photo above is of the head of Canyon de Chelly by Timothy O’Sullivan.  For my dissertation, I explored the connections between the ways that African American, Native American, and white women authors used Scottish Enlightenment rhetoric to argue for their positions within the body politic of the United States. One of the key aspects that arose from the dissertation was the ways that African American and … Read More “African American Literature and the American West” Syllabus

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+ augustus freeman iv, beverly daniel tatum, comics, dc comics, icon, kurt busiek, maria beccari, matt wayne, milestone comics, milestone media, raquel ervin, rocket, ron wilson

“All you got to do is do it”: Todd Loomis and Icon

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Last Thursday, I wrote about Milestone Comic’s Icon and representation. Today, I want to continue that discussion by focusing on Icon #11, “What I did on my vacation.” Throughout Icon, discussions of representation, specifically within comic books and popular media constantly appear. Icon #11 directly focuses on this by having a 4th grader, Todd Loomis, narrate the issue.

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+ augustus freeman iv, comics, dc comics, dwayne mcduffie, icon, M.D. Bright, milestone comics, milestone media, raquel ervin, representation, rocket

“What do you stand for?” Icon, Rocket, and Representation

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In 1993, Dwayne McDuffie, Denys Cowan, Michael Davis, and Derek T. Dingle, and Christopher Priest founded Milestone Media, an imprint that worked to bring greater representation to comics. They achieved this through the creation of characters such as the Blood Syndicate, Hardware, Static, Icon, and Rocket. Today, I want to look at a couple of issues of Icon, specifically issues #1 and #11. Each of … Read More “What do you stand for?” Icon, Rocket, and Representation

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What to Expect in 2019!

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Welcome back! As you know, I started Interminable Rambling way back in August 2015. That means that this year will mark the fourth anniversary of this site. I started this site over at Blogspot where I wrote 81 posts before migrating over to WordPress. Since that August 2015, both sites have received 99,269 views. This past year alone, the WordPress site received 40,854 views. … Read More What to Expect in 2019!

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