Robert Dale Parker
Robert Dale Parker

@RobertDaleParker@mstdn.social

Here for books, especially US and/or Modern fiction and poetry, lit crit, critical theory, mysteries and crime fiction, and mystery/crime fiction writers and writing. Author of How to Interpret Literature and books on US and Native American fiction and poetry.

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Today is publication day for my new book, The Literature of Extreme Poverty in the Great Depression, from Oxford University Press. Available for free at many academic libraries. And until Feb 6 the 1st chapter is available for free here:

academic.oup.com/book/59025/ch

Also available from the publisher for 30% off here:

fdslive.oup.com/www.oup.com/ac

For more about the book, see

global.oup.com/academic/produc

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Does

realize that he is casting himself as one of the worst war criminals ever depicted in ?

Lt Colonel Kilgore is a bloodthirsty, sadistic, amoral warmonger, who enjoys killing innocent civilians throughout his part in the

. He is clearly depicted as an evil little man. Even his name reveals what a sicko he is: Kilgore = kill + gore.

What is wrong with Trump (and the

) that he sees this horrible villain as a hero to be emulated?

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