The American Dream in Genaro Kỳ Lý Smith’s “The Land Baron’s Sun”

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Note: Stay tuned next post for an interview with Genarao Kỳ Lý Smith on The Land Baron’s Sun! Genaro Kỳ Lý Smith’s The Land Baron’s Sun: The Story of LýLoc and His Seven Wives (2014) tells Lý Loc’s story from childhood through his time in a reeducation camp after the fall of Saigon. Along with Lý Loc’s story, Smith chronicles the stories of Lý Loc’s wives, … Read More The American Dream in Genaro Kỳ Lý Smith’s “The Land Baron’s Sun”

December 3, 2015 + andrews sisters, congo, cree, danny kaye, elias boudinot, fallout 4, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, joseph boyden, three day road

"Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo)" & Joseph Boyden’s "Three Day Road"

by Matthew Teutsch

Last post, I wrote about Richard Wright’s deployment of music in Uncle Tom’s Children. That post made me think about one of the songs that appears in Bethesda’s recent video game Fallout 4. The game, which takes place during the aftermath of a nuclear war that decimates the world’s population and leads to a post-apocalyptic environment, relies heavily on a mid-twentieth century aesthetic in … Read More "Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo)" & Joseph Boyden’s "Three Day Road"

December 1, 2015 + al jolson, billie holiday, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, richard wright, southern literature, strange fruit, uncle tom's children. afircan american literature

Music in Richard Wright’s "Uncle Tom’s Children"

by Matthew Teutsch

Richard Wright’s Uncle Tom’s Children originally appeared in 1938. Two years later, Harper Collins reissued Wright’s collection of stories, adding the final story, “Bright and Morning Star,” and the autobiographical essay, “The Ethics of Living Jim Crow,” at the beginning. Along with these two additions, the 1940 reissue contains two epigraphs. The first comes directly before “The Ethics of Living Crow.” Here, Wright provides … Read More Music in Richard Wright’s "Uncle Tom’s Children"

November 26, 2015 + african american literature, albery allson whitman, american literature, daniel webster, elias boudinot, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, lydia maria child, mary rowlandson, native american literature, washington irving

"’The Vanishing American’ in American Literature" Syllabus

by Matthew Teutsch

Last year, I wrote a post on the Ernest J. Gaines Center’s blog about William Apess and Daniel Webster. The post examines Apess’s and Webster’s views in regards to the date commemorating the Pilgrim’s arrival at Plymouth Rock (December 22). Today, I want to take the time to share with you a syllabus I constructed for an Early American Literature class. Entitled “The Vanishing … Read More "’The Vanishing American’ in American Literature" Syllabus

November 24, 2015 + #jesuisparis, #prayfortheworld, glassjaw, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Mark twain, paul laurence dunbar, radio cambodia, the fanatics, the war prayer

Mark Twain’s "The War Prayer" & #JeSuisParis

by Matthew Teutsch

#prayfortheworld, Leemarej, ink on paper, 2015 Scrolling through my Facebook feed a couple of days after the events in Paris, I came across a post that referenced Mark Twain’s “The War Prayer.” Twain’s story, published posthumously in 1923, takes place in an unnamed country preparing for war. Community members, filled with patriotism, gathered at the local church before the soldiers (volunteers) departed for the … Read More Mark Twain’s "The War Prayer" & #JeSuisParis

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The American Dream in Genaro Kỳ Lý Smith’s “The Land Baron’s Sun”

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