Category: of love and dust

+ ernest j gaines, incognegro, killers of the dream, lillian e smith, mat johnson, of love and dust, southern gothic, the autobiography of miss jane pittman, warren pleece
Haunting in Mat Johnson and Warren Pleece’s “Incognegro”
In preparation for my fall literature class, I reread Mat Johnson and Warren Pleece’s Incognegro: A Graphic Mystery. There are a lot of aspects of the book I could discuss, and that I want to discuss with students. One of these will definitely be looking at Incognergo in relation to themes that James Baldwin discusses in his essay “Stranger in the Village.” As well, … Read More Haunting in Mat Johnson and Warren Pleece’s “Incognegro”
+ civil rights, ernest j gaines, eugene talmadge, killers of the dream, lillian e smith, lillian smith: breaking the silence, lonnie king, martin luther king, jr, of love and dust, our faces, our words
LES Center Videos: II
Last post, I shared some of the brief videos I have made for Twitter. These videos are for the Lillian E. Smith Center’s profile, and each video focuses on some aspect of Smith’s work, usually connecting it to other authors and artists. Today, I want to share a few more of these videos. I will include the scripts I wrote and the videos. Make … Read More LES Center Videos: II

+ american literature, blues for mister charlie, huck finn, interracial intimacy, interracial marriage, lillian e smith, Literature, of love and dust
Dirt in Lillian E. Smith’s “Strange Fruit”
Lillian E. Smith’s Strange Fruit (1944) has been on my shelf for a few years now. Right now, it sits back in the United States, untouched and locked away in a box in a storage room. When I purchased it, at a book sale, it was one of those books that I had heard about and that looked relevant to my research. I bought … Read More Dirt in Lillian E. Smith’s “Strange Fruit”

+ a gathering of old men, african american literature, american literature, bloodline, copper laurent, ernest j gaines, frank laurent, interracial intimacy, interracial marriage, louisiana literature, of love and dust, southern literature, Uncategorized
Interracial Intimacy in Ernest Gaines’ “Bloodline”
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”