Native of State Pens Good Book review sparks reader backlash
A Mississippi reader criticizes a State Times book review of The Magnolia Jungle citing poor taste and accuses the writer of betraying Mississippi. He defends Faulkner and denounces the paper staff while linking local pride to national perceptions.
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A Book Review A Book Review
A notable Southern churchman presents a spiritual autobiography shaped by sorrow and loss and the longing to apply religious faith to daily life. The review praises the book as enduring reading, inviting rereads and thoughtful contemplation, though it notes the author’s childhood discontent with Sunday religion as portrayed in the memoir.
The Hostage at the Theatre by Cyrus Adler
An excerpt notes Behan's hostages and riotous dialogue in a New York scene with drunken bravado. It sketches a Civil War reference between the IRA and unnamed factions, punctuated by songs and archic breezy banter.
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The Deep Irony of Racial Expectations in America
The piece argues that white Americans simultaneously exalt Negroes while insisting on superior qualities from them. It cites Alabama bus boycott violence, Little Rock, and New York thefts to illustrate how whites demand virtue and restraint from Black people yet tolerate or exemplify bias, hypocrisy, and unequal treatment in society.
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