Washington Post From, “Behind a pseudonym, literary provocation” James Campbell’s ‘NB by J.C.’ brings together the columns of an incendiary cultural critic. . . . By Michael Dirda – May 12, 2023 Even before catching up with the latest scholarly kerfuffle in the Letters column, readers of Britain’s Times Literary Supplement turn first to its … Continue reading Maybe The Best Column I Never Read; Plus Many of the Best Typos
Turkey: A hundred years of culture war Gwynne Dyer — May 13 2023 Gwynne Dyer is a UK-based Canadian journalist and historian who writes about international affairs. OPINION: Turkey’s elections are fairly free, and there is going to be one this Sunday (14 May). President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been in power for two decades, … Continue reading Gwynne Dyer on Turkey’s Election & Its Mediterranean MAGA
Limiting what novelists can write about won’t help readers [Blogger’s Comments In Red.] Washington Post — Opinion by Kathleen Parker — May 12, 2023 “Fiction is where I go to tell the truth,” the late, great Pat Conroy once said. In his acclaimed novels, Conroy cut close to the bone, exposing human truths that … Continue reading More On Limiting What Authors Can Write About
News Update: Debt ceiling “negotiations” continue . . . And Rep. George Santos Keeps Working With His Mentor . . . . A preview of the campaign strategy . . . Speaking of George Santos, he was carefully accessorized when he arrived at his office on Tuesday. But when arrested shortly after, the AR-15 … Continue reading Cartoons & The Latest Bad/Good Southern Baptist News
According to some of what I read and hear these days, I definitely should not have written this story, about a young slave girl and the Quaker saint John Woolman. Why not? Mostly because of what I wasn’t: I wasn’t a girl (& never had been); wasn’t a slave (or even an enslaver, for that … Continue reading A Story. Could I get it published in Florida this year? Probably not. Maybe Not New York Either?