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Monthly Archives: October 2020
Reading the Pandemic Part Two: Horror, Dystopia, Film, Text
Over the past week, I’ve stumbled across several essays that use slightly different words to make the same point as this aptly named article–GRIM, GHASTLY & GRUESOME–from the NY Times Review of Books. “Horror,” columnist Danielle Trussoni writes, “is a … Continue reading
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Tagged alfonso cuaron, children of men, dystopia, horror, margaret atwood, pd james, the handmaid's tale
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Indeed, not normal at all
Sometimes I wonder how I would have acted if I had been an adult during the Civil Rights era. Or if I lived under NAZI occupation. Or during the Civil War. It disturbs me to think that if I hadn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020, authoritarianism, autocrat, biden, corruption, election, trump
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Reading the pandemic: How fiction informs 2020
I don’t pretend that I’m capable of following all the chaotic plot twists that we’ve lived through during the last 46,000 months of the Trump administration. I’m not nearly that wise. BUT I am a reader and that gives me … Continue reading
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Tagged authoritarianism, boccaccio, marquez, pandemic literature, plague, poe
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Elizabeth Jennings 