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Adam Burgess
Recently, I re-read J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, following a re-read of the entire Harry Potter series. I guess you could say I’ve been in a nostalgic state, lately, and that mood has been manifesting itself in my reading choices. Much of… Continue Reading “Hold(en) Me Closer: A Reader’s Journey”
2016 was what I had planned to be, or hoped would be, my “year of writing.” One year to welcome many future years. I think I shouldn’t have included that second verb, hoped, after my original one, planned. This is part of the self-doubt… Continue Reading “Writing On Writing”
I saw this on a friend’s blog and it looked like fun. Also, it’s nearing the end of summer term and I’ve been grading papers like a crazy person, so I thought I’d pause and have a bit of fun. A book you’ve read more… Continue Reading “A Few of My Favorite Things”
Is it just me, or does America have a problem? Every day, more violence. More heated rhetoric. Nationalism. Islamophobia. Anti-Semitism. Transphobia. White Pride. Homophobia. Sexism. Black Lives Matter. White Genocide. Christian ministers preaching death to the gays. Black men assassinating white police officers. White… Continue Reading “Dementors in America”
Today I, like so many others, woke to the news that there had been another mass shooting in the United States. This one at a gay night club in Orlando. As the morning advanced and news continued to roll in, we quickly learned that… Continue Reading “On Angels and Demons and the Rest of Us”
Roof Beam Reader 