Christine's Philosophical Journey to San Diego describes a young woman seeking understanding but also fleeing a troubled past. Guilt drives her from Albuquerque, New Mexico, to San Diego. There, she discovers love, death, and an old pier fisherman who philosophizes with a hammer made from religion, philosophy, science, and a lifetime of experience. He uses the hammer to shatter old ideas unable to withstand the test of rational scrutiny and to forge new ideas that can.
Christine's Philosophical Journey to San Diego describes a young woman seeking understanding but also fleeing a troubled past. Guilt drives her from A...
The story is a farcical description of illegal immigration. An Anglo family living in the suburbs has their house invaded by a family of illegal aliens just arrived from Mexico. The Latino family does not violently invade the house but finagles their way in by taking advantage of the indecisiveness and sexual vulnerability of the weak-willed Anglo "man of the house." The story offers a critical examination of both sides of the illegal immigration controversy...
The story is a farcical description of illegal immigration. An Anglo family living in the suburbs has their house invaded by a family of illegal alien...
Freddy's Freaky American Life is about a teenager's messed up life. When Freddy's parents separated, his father relocated from an all-American hometown to a nightmarish multicultural neighborhood overrun by hoodlums who bully and intimidate Freddy inside and outside of school. Freddy copes by riding his skateboard and playing video games. The only adult he can depend on is his father who cares for him, but cannot always protect him...
Freddy's Freaky American Life is about a teenager's messed up life. When Freddy's parents separated, his father relocated from an all-American hometow...
These poems were written in response to the death of Tatiana Prosvirnina, a high school student who attended my English class. At the time of her death, I wrote a collection of poems to preserve her memory beyond the thoughts and feelings of those who knew her. The first part of the book contains those early poems. The second part, the later poems, was written in response to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
These poems were written in response to the death of Tatiana Prosvirnina, a high school student who attended my English class. At the time of her deat...
The Sun also Rises presents the ontology, ethics, and aesthetics of Hemingway's worldview by examining the post-Narrative condition that emerged after World War I. It describes the postwar generation's response to the war's negation of the traditional meanings and values embedded in religious and secular grand narratives.
The Sun Also Rises and the Post-Narrative Condition suggests a new orientation to the world that might be called religious. The Great War proved the old anthropomorphic religions incapable of sustaining peace. To the contrary, history has shown that time and...
The Sun also Rises presents the ontology, ethics, and aesthetics of Hemingway's worldview by examining the post-Narrative condition that emerged af...
