Tag: Mark Twain
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I Truly, Madly, Deeply Hate ‘Deeply’
I don’t use Heartlands to rant much, right? O yeah, there was that time. But, listen, there’s a new rhetorical bugaboo I need to brood about. I’m deeply concerned about ‘deeply.’ It’s not so much the adverb’s connection to words like ‘grateful’ and phrases like ‘I love you.’ It’s particularly problematic when it worms its…
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In Praise of Uncomfortable Books: Huck & Harper Revisited
Huck and Harper are on the block again and I’m not comfortable with that. Then again, I think it’s high time we all got uncomfortable. In late 2016, as I was beginning Heartlands, I reflected on the controversy that was roiling Accomack County, Virginia where I live. Only that’s not strictly accurate. The decision by…
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