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Prepare to be Swept Away Get ready to be swept away by the lyrical prose, the vivid characters, and the unforgettable atmosphere of rural America in the 1980s. In "Gram's Conbread Voodoo," the past comes to life, and every page is a journey back in time. So, grab your Walkman, put in your mixtape, and let William Matthew McCarter take you on a nostalgic journey through the summer of 84 in small town America. Don't miss out on this evocative and heartwarming tale that will stay with you long after you've turned the last page. Order your copy now and rediscover the magic of the 1980s in rural America through the eyes of a young man finding his place in the world.
"Within the realm of U.S. culture and its construction of its citizenry, geography, and ideology, who are Southerners and who are queers, and what is the South and what is queerness? Queering the South on Screen addresses these questions by examining "the intersections of queerness, regionalism, and identity" depicted in film, television, and other visual media about the South during the twentieth century. From portrayals of slavery to gothic horror films, the contributors show that queer southerners have always expressed desires for distinctiveness in the making and consumption of visual media. Read together, the introduction and twelve chapters deconstruct premeditated labels of identity such as queer and southern. In doing so, they expose the reflexive nature of these labels to construct fantasies based on southerner's self-identification based on what they were not"--
A revealing exploration of domestic fascism in the United States from the 1930s to the January 6th insurrection in Washington, D.C. In 1951, the Civil Rights Congress presented to the United Nations We Charge Genocide, a more than two-hundred-page petition that held the United States accountable for genocide against African Americans. This landmark text represented the dawn of Black Lives Matter and is as relevant today as it was then, as evidenced by the rise of white supremacist groups across the nation, and the January 6th Capitol riot which disclosed the specter of a fascist revival in the U.S. Tracing this specter to its roots, We Charge Genocide! provides an original interpretation of ...
The second annual anthology from Steel Toe Review, an online literary magazine based in Birmingham, AL. Steel Toe Review gives special attention to writers from the South and writing with Southern themes, but we publish quality writing on any topic from writers all over the world.
Poetry. HEAVY GRACE is the third collection of poems by Robert Cording, exploring what he terms the "deep syntax of grief" with spirituality and humbleness. "Cording recognizes that the 'heart cannot be comforted, ' yet his stern poems offer a measure of solace, a kind of grace - a way to live in ther here, the now." - Christopher Merrill
For the last 150 years, advertising has created a consumer culture in the United States, shaping every facet of American lifeāfrom what we eat and drink to the clothes we wear and the cars we drive. In the United States, advertising has carved out an essential place in American culture, and advertising messages undoubtedly play a significant role in determining how people interpret the world around them. This three-volume set examines the myriad ways that advertising has influenced many aspects of 20th-century American society, such as popular culture, politics, and the economy. Advertising not only played a critical role in selling goods to an eager public, but it also served to establish...
This books examines the life of William Dunn, colonist. He and his family lived in Enfield, Connecticut; Sussex, New Jersey; and Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania. Four of his sons participated in the Revolutionary War.
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