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The White Presence in Jesmyn Ward’s “Salvage the Bones”

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After attending the 2016 College Language Association (CLA) conference, I finally read Jesmyn Ward’s Salvage the Bones (2011). Ward provided the keynote speech at the conference’s awards banquet, and upon hearing her, I knew that I had to reach onto my shelf, pull down Esch’s story, and read it. The novel, of course, contains numerous items that warrant exploration and discussion. At CLA, I … Read More The White Presence in Jesmyn Ward’s “Salvage the Bones”

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Charles W. Chesnutt’s Plan in “The Future American” and “The Quarry”

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Last week, I shared a syllabus I have been thinking about constructing over the past couple of weeks entitled “Charles W. Chesnutt and The Race Question at the Turn of the Twentieth Century.” With that in mind, I want to expand, somewhat, on that post by exploring Chesnutt’s last novel, The Quarry (1928), and the ways that it highlights what Chesnutt originally presented in “The … Read More Charles W. Chesnutt’s Plan in “The Future American” and “The Quarry”

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"Charles W. Chesnutt and The Race Question at the Turn of the TwentiethCentury" Syllabus

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Recently, I just finished reading Charles W. Chesnutt’s “The Future American” (1900) and The Quarry (1928) for a paper I am writing. As I read Chesnutt’s last novel, I started to think about a possible syllabus that would use Chesnutt as a focal point to explore “the race question” at the turn of the twentieth century. I have posted syllabi such as “African American Crime … Read More "Charles W. Chesnutt and The Race Question at the Turn of the TwentiethCentury" Syllabus

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Some Thoughts about Amelia E. Johnson’s "Clarence and Corinne; or, God’s Way"

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Recently, I wrote about Paul Laurence Dunbar’s The Love of Landry (1900), a novel that focuses on white characters and the frontier. Along those same lines, I want to briefly discuss another novel from the late nineteenth century by an African American author that focuses on non-racialized characters. Amelia Johnson’s Clarence and Corinne; or, God’s Way (1890) originally appeared as a religious tract published … Read More Some Thoughts about Amelia E. Johnson’s "Clarence and Corinne; or, God’s Way"

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"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" and the Antebellum Slave Narrative

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Back in October, I wrote about the controversy from some sectors that arose when the trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens appeared on Monday Night Football. With the distance of a few months, and upon recently watching the film again, I want to provide a possible way of looking at this film in regards to American literary history. As I sat at home … Read More "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" and the Antebellum Slave Narrative

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