AvataralexeblazerAmerican Philosophy “Who’s Laughing Now, Assholes?” A Letter from Henry David Thoreau to Literature Faculties at Cushy Liberal Arts Schools mcsweeneys.net - by Ron Fein It’s been a minute, right? A few months ago, you were talking smack about my year in a cabin. Now you’re trapped in your condo in Yonkers or the …
AvataralexeblazerHuman Interest The 1918 Flu Pandemic Killed Millions. So Why Does Its Cultural Memory Feel So Faint? slate.com - Rebecca Onion According to scholar Elizabeth Outka, the tragedy haunts modernist literature between the lines. Last year, I wrote an anniversary piece about the …
Avataralexeblazer The COVID-19 Song of J. Alfred Prufrock mcsweeneys.net - by Annalise Silivanch Let us go then, you and I, When the evening is spread out against the sky Like droplets lightly strewn upon a table; Let us go, past certain …
Avataralexeblazer Ghosted By Godot mcsweeneys.net - by Zach Buckner Our friends at 826 National are sharing a powerful (and free!) writing resource for students, families, and educators. Check it out and get …
Avataralexeblazer The Secret Cruelty of T. S. Eliot The Atlantic - James ParkerBefore she died, Emily Hale donated love letters she had received from the author while his wife was ill. Now public, the writings reveal his quiet duplicity. “The question is not does love exist / But
