Steveawiggins

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• Grotesque and Arabesque

  

  My last post about Edgar Allan Poe’s Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque led a couple of readers pointing me to places where the missing tale (“The... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Unique?

  

  Is it embarrassing, or simply confirmation?  It used to be considered embarrassing to show up at an event dressed identically to someone else, if it wasn’t... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Dangerous Dreams

  

  A friend wondered what I might make of Dream Scenario. As much as I like movies I can’t keep up, what with a 9-2-5 job and writing my own books. I’m really glad... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Whole Books

  

  One of the many peculiarities of my thought process is that I’ve tried to discuss only “whole pieces” on this blog.  In other words, as a “consumer” of media, m... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• One out of Three

  

  While reading about Dan Curtis, I became curious about Trilogy of Terror. As a child subject to nightmares, my “horror” watching was limited to Saturday... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Is That Cookie Free?

  

  I offer free editorial advice here, from time to time.  Not many academics, I expect, pay any notice—what have they to learn from a mere editor?  Still, it’s a... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Terrible Comedy

  

  Frankly, I expected better. The Comedy of Terrors seemed to have a lot going for it. With my current interests in American International (AIP), Vincent Price,... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Under Construction

  

  It’s fascinating, watching a book taking shape.  Just yesterday I noticed Sleepy Hollow as American Myth is now up on McFarland’s website. And yes, it’s on... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Finding Poe

  

  A gift a friend gave me started me on an adventure.  The gift was a nice edition of Poe stories.  It’s divided up according to different collections, one being... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Free Word

  

  “Anything free is worth saving up for.”  That’s a line from one of my favorite movies of all time.   Free, though, can mean many things.  The “free cookie” is... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Cycle

  

  The last of the Roger Corman Poe cycle was The Tomb of Ligeia. I haven’t seen all eight films in the set, at least I don’t think I have. Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Running on Irony

  

  I recently remarked that my life runs on irony.  I was thinking back to when I was trying to get out of Gorgias Press (long story) and I was interviewed by... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Mad Homework

  

  Watching movies can be studying. It’s all a matter of what the exams are. I studied enough when I was young to know that Vincent Price was a horror star. Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Gothic Folk

  

  I smelled autumn on the air during yesterday morning’s jog. Pseudo-non sequitur: Cambridge Elements are one of the many series of short books that academic... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Not Really Free

  

  I admit that I’m a cheapskate. When you grow up poor, that comes naturally. For some of us the myth of scarcity is less of a fable than it is for others. Perhap... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Bible Lives

  

  How well do we know our parents?  Occasionally I think about the things I’ve never told my daughter.  This was brought home to me when, looking through a box... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Not Kid’s Stuff

  

  Sometimes when I go into a bookstore I don’t find anything on my list. (My list is pretty strange, and it includes many older titles. Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Pearl X

  

  The danger to starting something new is that you’ll get hooked. I watched the unusual horror film X because it was getting some good press, only to find out tha... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Book Stages

  

  There are stages to it.  Writing a book, I mean.  One stage, for me, is realizing that you’re writing one.  I started work on Sleepy Hollow as American Myth... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Academic Politics

  

  Being the curious sort, I followed up on the post I dropped the day before Valentines. I had written about Scholars Press and how details were hard to find. I... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY