White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America by Anthea Butler
"White Evangelical Racism tells a concise history of the evangelical movement and--here is the hard part--the racist and racial elements that imbue its beliefs, practices, and social and practical activism." I first learned of this book and its author from watching the Jerry Falwell Jr … [Read more]
White Flight: Atlanta and the Making of Modern Conservatism by Kevin M Kruse
"In the stories spun by its supporters, Atlanta had done the impossible." That impossible according to those supporters is to navigate the difficult process of integration (or more so desegregation) of the 1940s through the 1960s. Kevin Kruse, of course, suggests that that process was a lot more … [Read more]
Mrs Manstey's View by Edith Wharton
The Fulness of Life by Edith Wharton
Afterward by Edith Wharton
The Letters by Edith Wharton
"Mrs Manstey's View" "The view from Mrs. Manstey's window was not a striking one, but to her at least, it was full of interest and beauty" In this first story, we meet Mrs. Manstey, an elderly woman living in New York in a boarding house. She has a room with a tremendous view, and because she … [Read more]
Burning Questions: Essays and Occasional Pieces, 2004 to 2021 by Margaret Atwood
Dearly by Margaret Atwood
Burning Questions This is the latest collection of nonfiction from Margaret Atwood which comes from the years 2004-2022 or so. She mentions early on that she's published a version of this book for each 20 years of her writing career, and given that she's rounding the corner on 85 years, I am … [Read more]
In the Margins by Elena Ferrante
"Ladies and gentlemen, this evening I am going to talk to you about the desire to write and the two kinds of writing, it seems to, I know best, the first compliant, the second impetuous." There's probably going to be a whole series of literature that stems from the pandemic (and already has) and … [Read more]
The Unexpected Man by Yasmina Reza
"Bitter. It's all so bitter." This is a play from the mid-1990s, and you might otherwise know Yasmina Reza from her play "God of Carnage", which involves two sets of pretentious upper-class parents duking it out after a playground incident of violence. I have also read her play "Art" which … [Read more]
