- This is Why We Love Southern Literature The concept of “the self” has been something that has plagued Americans since our revolution in 1776. Born in rebellion, we have been a nation that has praised our own dominance, bowed down to no one, and yet we continuously struggle with an insecure concept of the true American Self. We live in a nation […]
- Looking for a Harrowing Tale of Epic Proportions? On this Friday, when we’d love to get out of town and into a deep and mighty southern river, we hereby present you with one of the most bad ass books of all time: DELIVERANCE, by James Dickey. And now for a glimpse into the madness that goes down along the fictional Cahulawassee River, starring […]
- Cockfighting: Blood Sport or Literary History? So this is how William S. began Henry V: CHORUS: O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention, A kingdom for a stage, princes to act And monarchs to behold the swelling scene! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars; and at his heels, Leash’d in like […]
