Tag: literature
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Tropic of Capricorn by Henry Miller
Some time ago I posted a review of Miller’s Tropic of Cancer. It was a cautionary post that suggested the content, and especially its treatment of women – while always wrong – was now so far beyond the norms of decency that his approach and his writing might be justifiably dismissed. It’s misogynistic, often horrifically…
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Willa Cather as Soulmate of the Land
O Pioneer by Willa Cather I just finished Willa Cather’s (1873-1947) O Pioneer, the story of Alexandra Bergstrom who at a young age took the reins of their Nebraska farm as her father died. Supported by 3 brothers, 2 of them became farmers under her guidance just as their father had wished. The 3rd brother…
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Revisiting John Updike
I just finished reading John Updike’s Terrorist. Written in 2006, the shadow of 9/11 was still great over America. In this novel, Updike follows the development of a religious young man, Ahmed, and his journey toward terrorism through mentors using the words of the Quran that served as grooming by those wishing to punish America…
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James Baldwin and Why We Should Care
While today is 9/11 and the world is once again remembering a great evil that took place and the deaths of almost 3,000 people at the hands of terrorists, I am focused on a different aspect of ‘the tragic’ as I have recently read James Baldwin. During this past summer I read both “The Fire…
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