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Flags in the Dust Wrap-up
Ok, now the wrap-up. First my big statement. Flags in the Dust is about self-destruction caused by passivity towards one’s inherent nature. PHEW, now that I’ve got that elephant in the ro… more →
William Faulkner Re-read
Book Review: The Unvanquished
wrote 3 months ago: The Unvanquished by William Faulkner, Vintage Books, Vintage Books, 1934 (Vintage International Edit … more →
Flags in the Dust Wrap-up
wrote 8 months ago: Ok, now the wrap-up. First my big statement. Flags in the Dust is about self-destruction caused by … more →
Flags in the Dust, Chapter 5, Part 3
wrote 9 months ago: Well here it is, the final chapter! Where Faulkner does the most surprising thing of all, after thi … more →
Flags in the Dust, Chapter 5, Part 2, Third Section
wrote 9 months ago: Well, Young Bayad is gone, and as his death was inevitable I’m not exactly sad about it. More … more →
Flags in the Dust Chapter 4 Part 4
wrote 11 months ago: Well guys, this part is short and not-so-sweet. So short in fact that I could very well have placed … more →
Flags in the Dust Chapter 3 Part 10
wrote 1 year ago: Nothing like an old-fashioned crack-up to finish off a chapter with a bang. This reminds me of a se … more →
Flags in the Dust, Chapter 3, Part 8
wrote 1 year ago: Flirting. What an odd human activity. With just about every other human interaction things are pre … more →
Flags in the Dust Chapter 3 Part 7
wrote 1 year ago: This must be the most significant piece of literature with a face mass in it. Gotta say that wart o … more →
Flags in the Dust Chapter 3, Part 6
wrote 1 year ago: Pick up your banjo folks because this chapter has a lot of storyin’ going on. Yep, we’r … more →
Flags in the Dust Chapter 3 Part 5
wrote 1 year ago: Happy spring everybody! Well, excluding the folks in Flags in the Dust who are in high summer right … more →
Flags in the Dust Chapter 3 Part 4
wrote 1 year ago: Happy St. Patrick’s day people! To celebrate, we have a chapter that has drunkenness, a reall … more →
Flags in the Dust Chapter 3 Part 2
wrote 1 year ago: Hello! How I would like to learn absolutely EVERYTHING about you. Ever have that feeling? Well yo … more →
#13- And Now a Video to Remind Us About Books
wrote 1 year ago: I found this incredible book-themed love story during a jaunt on the Brainpickings site. It is a fil … more →
Flags In the Dust Commentary Chapter 2 Part 1
wrote 1 year ago: GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY! Welcome to the Commentary for Chapter 2 Part 1 of Flags in the Dust! Here I … more →
Flags in the Dust Chapter 1, Part 1
wrote 1 year ago: RECAP: Old man Falls brings old Bayard Sartoris his dead father’s pipe. On a trip home, Simon—Bayar … more →
Flags in the Dust Introduction
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wrote 1 year ago: To start with, I’m reading Flags in the Dust, which irony of ironies is both his first and his … more →
