Packin' Four Corner Nabs
...I was packin’ more ‘n fists studying Sadie I surmise her punch’d be good as my drop cut on the so-white preacher’s daughter’s nose when she called me a heathen...
Another Failed Poem About the Greeks
...swooshing forward, back, upside down, and he cried Aera! waving his sword, until the operator asked him to please keep all swords inside the car. He was a good sport,...
Junction City newspaper
...south has been cruel to the negroes; that they have bulldozed them from the polls with shot-guns and other means. Denial or explanation does no good. The south now sends...
Excerpt from Saints at the River
...foot on is no longer there and she is being shoved downstream and she does not panic because she is a good swimmer and has passed all of her Red...
Margaret Walker's "Micah" (1970)
...of deceit. We do not fear them. They shall not enter the City of good-will. We shall dwell under our vine and fig tree in peace. And they shall not...
Stones and Shadows
...the driver's seat. "Son," says the voice. "Son, I think it's going to be a good year for you." The car arrives at the house, where my mother is waiting,...
You Can't Eat Coal, and Other Lessons from Appalachian Women's History
...rights activists, lawyers, doctors, union organizers, feminists, and students—worked for what they believed was possible: the common good in their communities, region, and nation. Their most potent tool was the...
Shared Space, Separate Pasts: Versions of Slavery in Charleston
...evil." South Carolina senator John C. Calhoun, revered by white Charlestonians, argued in 1837 that slavery was a "positive good" that benefited both masters and slaves (96). White Charlestonians seeking...
The South as Foil: A Review of This Is Not Dixie
...compare their own racial goodness. They can then deny, sanitize, or simply not see the profound anti-black racism in their own sections. Furthermore, when confronted by it, they can depict...
Daily Life, State Power, and Theory in the Lonestar State: A Review of Robert Wuthnow's Rough Country
...goes dull or hyperbolic, even while presenting complex, theoretically informed, and empirically rich material. Ultimately a very good read, Rough Country, I believe, will stand alongside Communities of Discourse as...