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nolabear

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9. You put it beautifully.

Sun Sep 9, 2018, 11:48 PM

Sep 2018

I’ve been aware of a lifelong defense of mine, quite deliberately claiming (and correctly so) the strange and wonderful “Westernmost Caribbean” culture of the Gulf Coast and New Orleans rather than the more Snopesian aspects of the South. It truly is unique, and the dedication to art, religion and hedonism in about equal measure make many of its people recognize Trump for what he is. But many, even there, don’t. Many do have that peculiar feudal nostalgia and the need to believe others are less than because if they aren’t then they have nothing. Oddly, they are as devoted to their martyrdom as they are determined to deny it.

And boy do I have to remind myself every day of what I have the privelege of never thinking about.

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William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying [View all] lunatica Sep 2018 OP

Yes, and also desperate and tragic. Faulkner tried to write from the inside. nolabear Sep 2018 #1

Thanks for the recommendations. lunatica Sep 2018 #6

I am ordering her book after reading reviews on it lunatica Sep 2018 #12

The place she grew up black is where I grew up white. nolabear Sep 2018 #13

I will lunatica Sep 2018 #15

That's pretty much where I am. nolabear Sep 2018 #18

On a far funnier note, there's a hotel in Jackson MS nolabear Sep 2018 #2

Or you could have slept under Pylon and flown off to sleep quickly ProudLib72 Sep 2018 #7

Faulkner insights or race, class and gender are still needed and useful. greatlaurel Sep 2018 #3

I'm often reminded of Faulkner's works, especially the Snopes family. Solly Mack Sep 2018 #4

Thank you for this lunatica Sep 2018 #5

I was mainly woolgathering in type. Solly Mack Sep 2018 #10

You put it beautifully. nolabear Sep 2018 #9

Thank you. Solly Mack Sep 2018 #11

I never really thought of it that way ProudLib72 Sep 2018 #8

Another great southern writer also comes to mind when I see his peekaloo Sep 2018 #14

Do you mind giving it a little review? lunatica Sep 2018 #16

It's been a few years since I've read her. peekaloo Sep 2018 #17

Thanks! lunatica Sep 2018 #19

I forgot to mention she wrote short stories. peekaloo Sep 2018 #20