Tag Archives: literature

The Shrinking Man

Posted on August 26, 2016 by Reverend

When I was traveling around Scotland in April I stopped in a bookstore in Elgin looking for Stephen King’s Skeleton Crew. I wanted to read “The Mist” and “The Jaunt” to the kids; we were having fun with scary stories … Continue reading →

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My Vocabulary Loves Katexic Clippings

Posted on August 10, 2014 by Reverend

About six weeks ago I subscribed to Chris Lott’s daily email newsletter Katexic Clippings. It’s a compact, precise literary gift that contains a work (usually a short poem or excerpt from a longer work), a word of the day, and a number … Continue reading →

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Faulkner at Mary Wash

Posted on July 3, 2014 by Reverend

Honorary DTLTer Shannon Hauser wrote an awesome post today in which she tracks down audio of a 1957 reading at Mary Washington by the titan of U.S. literature William Faulkner. (At the time Mary Washington was the University of Virginia’s women’s college.) … Continue reading →

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Hardboiled: Ask the Dust Discussion (Part 2)

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Reverend

Last night in the Hardboiled lit class I’m teaching this semester we continued our discussion of John Fante’s Ask the Dust. The class spent a few minutes in the beginning discussing some calendar updates, preparing for the Wikipedia research project … Continue reading →

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Ask The Dust Swag

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Reverend

While searching for an image for my soon to be next post I discovered some amazing Ask the Dust swag, which made my day! I found everything from bookmarks to stickers to bookcovers to a table tent. And here is … Continue reading →

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Blood Meridian: Some Quotes

Posted on September 4, 2010 by Reverend

224:”…the bull had planted its feet and lifted the animal rider and all clear off the ground…” Image source: “Six versions of Blood Meridian” I’ve been reading and re-reading Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian most of the Summer, and I don’t think … Continue reading →

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Summer of Love: 21 Great Stories

Posted on August 8, 2010 by Reverend

The Summer of Love has been sporadic since I’m giving most of my love off the internet this Summer. That noted, I wanted to follow-up my post about Frederick Wiseman’s High School with something a little less “SCHOOL IS DEATH!!!” … Continue reading →

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“My mother is a fish”

Posted on November 18, 2009 by Reverend

As I Lay Dying is one of those insane novels that is absolutely essential for anyone who was wondering why William Faulkner is  still the man. Vardaman’s exclamation “My mother is a fish” is traced so deeply into the hard … Continue reading →

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Nikolai Gogol’s Dead Souls

Posted on August 2, 2009 by Reverend

I’ve been burning through books during my vacation, which I’m finding a welcome alternative when I kinda unplug—although I’m not really unplugged, just kinda—and I am in the middle of Nikolai Gogol’s Dead Souls which is absolutely hysterical. The biographical … Continue reading →

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What’s your favorite performance of literature?

Posted on July 1, 2009 by Reverend

OK, I just stopped in at the great Terry Kennedy’s Literature in Performance blog, and I noticed the students were starting to post examples of poetry readings found around the web.  One student, LoneEagle, actually put a clip up from … Continue reading →

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