would he have more friends? Would Elizabeth Bennett be quite so sassy if she was a man? And what would happen to Sherlock Holmes' intellect if he belonged to "the gentle sex?"
What is the reminiscence bump and how is it skewing our literature?
Do you ever feel like you're stuck in the past? You might be a victim of the reminiscence bump. But don't worry, the right kind of literature can save you!
Why does the south get its own genre?
I didn't just grew up in the south. I grew up on southern fiction. I moved up from children's books like Because of Winn Dixie and Bud, Not Buddy to the more intense Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry! and To Kill a Mockingbird and finally to the haunting The Color Purple and Absalom, Absalom! The fact that one branch of regional literature … Continue reading Why does the south get its own genre?
