Confederates in Hollywood
It would not surprise me to learn that John Wayne played more Confederate veterans in…
Hold for Probable Nightmares: Son of Griff and wallflower Talk About James Ellroy’s THIS STORM
DOCUMENT INSERT: 4/25/1940. New English Weekly, review of The Thirties, authored by ERIC ARTHUR BLAIR…
Biopic Women
About the fastest I have ever gone from “Oh, I want to see that!” to…
Lunch Links: THE PHANTASMAGORIA OF OFFENSE (THE MALE VERSION)
Art is loaded with nudity and controversy. With art comes censorship. Jess Irish’s film The Phantasmagoria…
Admiration From Afar–No, Farther Than That
When I was a kid, I had crushes on Hawkeye Pierce, Davy Crockett as played…
Blind Reads: Young Men and Fire by Norman MacLean
Blind Reads: in which Avathoir and wallflower read each other’s favorite books without knowing a…
The Spiral: Avathoir and wallflower Talk About Thomas Pynchon, 7: Mason and Dixon
ʃtaires! We haue found ʃtaires! -Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves Avathoir: We’re back! After…
General Sherman and Miss Scarlett: The Historical Accuracy of the Civil War Section of GONE WITH THE WIND
Note: This is a term paper I wrote for the winter quarter of the 1999-2000…
Dissolve On (11/12/2017-11/18/2017)
When the late, great website The Dissolve ended operations, its commenting community had The Solute…
The Spiral: Avathoir and wallflower Talk About Thomas Pynchon, 6: Vineland
Now the party’s over I’m so tired Then I see you coming Out of nowhere…