Dinner in Jackson Promotes Race Debate by Putnam
Carleton Putnam Dinner Committee invites readers to a Jackson dinner October 26 at the Heidelberg Hotel where Putnam will speak on Race And Reason. Proceeds aid the Citizens Councils educational program as NAACP and CORE are accused of targeting Mississippi.
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Call It Sleep review in Commentary 1960 feature
A Leslie E Fiedler feature revisits Henry Roths Call It Sleep, noting its 1935 reception as a potential Pulitzer contender and contrasting it with Honey in the Horn, while recounting critics and cultural context of the era. Maxwell Geismar contributed the introduction to the Pageant Books edition.
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Dear P How to Get Religion and a New Leaf
A reader writes from Mississippi and then the North reflecting on race and behavior. The letter contrasts regional attitudes toward skin color, claiming moral change comes from location and upbringing and notes the writer’s shift in views after moving.
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Don’t Pray With A Full Stomach This Thanksgiving
A speaker mocks Thanksgiving excess and consumerism praising comfort over virtue. He denounces materialism, church and civic hollow rituals, and the warmongering of national pride. He urges humility, shared grace, and limits on ostentatious feasting while recalling a poet’s call for universal equal blessing.
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