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Tell the Truth, but Tell it Slant.
The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien I first came across The Things They Carried in a fiction class at NC State University. While on book tour, Jill McCorkle had assigned us the title story for...
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“Surely We Had Space Somewhere For This Kind of Softness.”
Virgin Soul by Judy Juanita from Penguin Have you ever heard anyone say, “Every time you drive on a Martin Luther King Jr. Road, Boulevard, Street or Avenue you have to assume you’re in the ‘ghetto.'”...
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Poems: The Coming Together of Words Without All The Useless Bullshit
It’s NATIONAL POETRY MONTH. This is cause for celebration. Poetry Foundation National Poetry Month Posters In my exuberance about National Poetry Month let me just explain to you why this is a cause...
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You’re my boo (radley): Thoughts on Go Set a Watchman.
Mayella Ewell from Salon Magazine (2012) Based on initial excitement levels, I was off the richter scale. I got an all caps text from my best friend aying, “HARPER LEE IS GOING ROUND TWO” and I ran to...
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