The Plague Albert Camus (1947) A lot of people read Camus’ The Plague back when they were teenagers or perhaps when they were in college, as one of those classics of world literature that generally demanded attention as the magnum opus of the youngest Nobel Prize winning writer in history. But it should probably come as no… Continue reading The Plague
Author: Jay Ruud
Shakespeare’s “When That I Was and a Little Tiny Boy”
Joy Harjo’s “Don’t Bother the Earth Spirit”
Claude McKay’s “The Lynching”
Gwendolyn Brooks’ “Truth”
Allen Ginsberg’s “A Further Proposal”
Revolutionary Road
Revolutionary Road Richard Yates (1961) Two of the nominees for the National Book Award for fiction in 1962 were Richard Yates’ novel Revolutionary Road and a little thing by Joseph Heller called Catch-22. In the end, neither novel won the award (it went to Walker Percy for The Moviegoer), but the Yates and Heller novels had much in common.… Continue reading Revolutionary Road
Anthony Hecht’s “The Dover Bitch”
Stacey Margaret Jones’ “Marina”
Point Counter Point
Point Counter Point Aldous Huxley (1928) Considered by many to be Aldous Huxley’s greatest novel, despite the appeal and popularity of Brave New World, Point Counter Point is unquestionably his longest and most complex book. It was published in 1928 to mixed reviews, with some hailing the novel as a significant examination of contemporary society—Cyril Connolly in New Statesman… Continue reading Point Counter Point