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BOOKS | On leave from imperial war
Plainspoken but eloquent, David Anselme’s ‘On Leave,’ is a novel about war; about the soldiers who fight them and the civilians who send them. By Ron Jacobs | The Rag Blog | March 22, 2014 [On Leave: A Novel by … Continue reading
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Tagged Algeria, Anti-War Fiction, Books, David Anselme, Fiction, French Imperialism, On Leave, Rag Bloggers, Ron Jacobs, Vietnam War
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METRO | Tom Zigal’s gripping post-Katrina novel wins state’s top literary award
By Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | April 9, 2014 AUSTIN — Austin novelist Thomas Zigal has won the prestigious Jesse Jones award for fiction from the Texas Institute of Letters for his highly-acclaimed novel about post-Katrina New Orleans, … Continue reading
LITERATURE / Ron Jacobs : Crime Fiction and Capitalist Reality
Image from ForumFree. Crime fiction and capitalist reality Noir does not pretend that the society its protagonists operate in is worth saving. It’s just the only one we have. By Ron Jacobs | The Rag Blog | June 4, 2013 … Continue reading
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Tagged Bourgeois Art, Capitalism, Crime Fiction, Crime Noir, Criminal Justice, Ernest Mandel, Fiction, Literature, Ron Jacobs
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BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : Wu Ming Does the Middle Ages
Masterful job by writers’ collective:Wu Ming does the Middle Ages The reader is propelled into a tale of spies for and against the Church; of bloody feuds between armies of the Church and peasant rebels; and of communities organized along … Continue reading
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Tagged Altai, Books, Fiction, Middle Ages, Q, Ron Jacobs, Wu Ming
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BOOKS / Ken Wachsberger : ‘Second Chances’ is Pro-Choice Novel
The pro-choice novel:‘Love Means Second Chances’ By Ken Wachsberger | The Rag Blog | May 3, 2012 [Love Means Second Chances by Susan Elizabeth Davis (2011: Bread and Roses Collaborative); Paperback; 256 pp.; $16] Susan Elizabeth Davis has written a … Continue reading
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Tagged Abortion, Books, Catholic Church, Fiction, Ken Wachsberger, Pro-Choice, Reproductive Rights
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FICTION / Marc Estrin : The Machine
THE MACHINE By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / September 27, 2011 The government murder of Troy Davis this week — under odd evidential circumstances — has once again thrust capital punishment up for public discussion. As my contribution … Continue reading
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Tagged Capital Punishment, Fiction, French Revolution, Marc Estrin, Troy Davis
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Lamar W. Hankins : The Bowdlerizing of Huckleberry Finn
Huck and Jim. Image from Teachers.ash.org.The bowdlerizing of Huckleberry Finn By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / January 19, 2011 A recent commentary by Leonard Pitts in the Miami Herald explained a significant problem with publication of a … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Censorship, Education, Fiction, Huckleberry Finn, Lamar W. Hankins, Mark Twain, Racism, Slavery
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Marc Estrin : Music Hath Charms…
Music hath charms tosoothe the stinking breath By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / December 13, 2010 A recent revelation: rehearsing the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, I was in the cello section mentally drooling over the carpet of harmonies we … Continue reading
Marc Estrin: Don’t Tase Me, Bro…
Killer Klowns. Image from Out of the Grave.Don’t Tase me, bro… By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / September 18, 2010 Another Taser-related death this past week, this time, not of an ancient great-grandmother in a wheelchair, but of … Continue reading
Marc Estrin : Unholy Ground
UNHOLY GROUND By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / September 11, 2010 Here it is 9/11 again, and the world is all caught up in a debate on whether our “attackers” are being “insensitive” in demanding a presence at … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, Conspiracy Theories, Fiction, Ground Zero, Marc Estrin
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Marc Estrin : What’s a Jew to Do?
Photo from the USHMM / National Archives / About.com.What’s a Jew to do (with you)… By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / September 4, 2010 …you, in this case, being the arch-conservative Catholic composer, Anton Bruckner, next to Wagner, … Continue reading
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Tagged Adolf Hitler, Classical Music, Composers, Fiction, Judaism, Marc Estrin
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