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REMEMBRANCE | Texas film and theater icon Gary Chason passes at 78
Events celebrating Gary’s life are planned for Austin and Houston. By Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | June 11, 2021 Listen to Thorne Dreyer’s August 17, 2010 Rag Radio interview with Gary Chason, here. Gary Chason, an iconic figure … Continue reading
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Tagged Deaths, Gary Chason, Gary Chason Obituary, Obituary, Rag Bloggers, Texas Filmmakers, Thorne Dreyer
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BOOKS | Hilton Obenzinger bears witness to the times that have tried our souls
His new book of poems is ‘Witness 2017-2020.’ By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | May 28, 2021 Ezra Pound, the twentieth-century American poet, once said, “Make it new,” and “Literature is news that stays news.” He would probably … Continue reading
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Tagged Hilton Obenzinger, Jonah Raskin, Rag Bloggers, Verse, Witness 2017-2020
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WAR | My military ambivalence
I thought it was wrong to fight in the Vietnam War, and there has not been one since that I found compelling. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | April 22, 2021 Ambivalence is the most accurate word … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-War Movement, Iraq War, Lamar W. Hankins, Rag Bloggers, U.S. Imperialism, Vietnam Draft, Vietnam War, War
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LITERATURE | To cancel or not to cancel Jack London
Reflections on an American writer and a controversial movement. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | April 22, 2021 Jack London’s ashes, which are buried under a rock on Sonoma Mountain in Northern California, must be calling wildly to … Continue reading
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Tagged Film, Jack London, Jack London's Martin Eden, Jonah Raskin, Literature, Martin Eden, White Supremacy
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LITERATURE | Larry McMurtry: The Houston years and beyond
‘I had two novel manuscripts in my drawer, which meant that I had options my fellow graduate students just didn’t have.’ By Ivan Koop Kuper | The Rag Blog | April 1, 2021 HOUSTON — Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Academy … Continue reading
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Tagged American Literature, American Writers, Houston, Ivan Koop Kuper, Larry McMurtry, Rice University
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THE VOTE | Voter suppression in Texas
It’s all wrapped in a thin white sheet called ‘voter integrity,’ but you can call it Jim Crow Revisited. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | March 25, 2021 AUSTIN — Texas is one of the hardest states to … Continue reading
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POVERTY | We need a federal solution to homelessness
Austin Mayor Steve Adler has been ordered by Gov. Abbott to make the homeless camps under the Austin freeways go away. By Roger Baker | The Rag Blog | March 25, 2021 AUSTIN — The following is from an article … Continue reading
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RACE | On anti-Asian racism: The historical record abroad and at home
With the election of Joe Biden, the shift in the direction of escalating tensions with China has continued. By Harry Targ | The Rag Blog | March 25, 2021 WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana — Why is the United States returning to … Continue reading
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RED SCARE | The Communists are everywhere: Reflections from childhood
I don’t recall ever discussing the incoming Communist hordes with my parents. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | March 11, 2021 SAN MARCOS — When I was about 10 years old in the mid-1950s, I had a … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Communists, Lamar W. Hankins, Rag Bloggers, Red Scare
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POETS | Tongo Eisen-Martin: A poet with genocide
on his mind
A story for National Poetry Month. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | March 11, 2021 SONOMA COUNTY, Calif. — English Department purists might complain that Tongo Eisen-Martin doesn’t write “real” poems, that is poems about birds and flowers, … Continue reading
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JUSTICE | Saudi murder and American murder: An
ethical equivalence
While Khashoggi may have had no legal rights under Saudi law, Anwar al-Aulaki was a U.S. citizen and entitled to due process. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | March 4, 2021 SAN MARCOS — I am as … Continue reading
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Tagged Anwar al-Awlaki, International Justice, Jamal Khashoggi, Lamar W. Hankins, Rag Bloggers, Saudi Arabia
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