By Teju Cole 1. Mrs Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself. Pity. A signature strike leveled the florist’s. 2. Call me Ishmael. I was a young man of military age. I was immolated at my wedding. My parents are inconsolable. 3. Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl …
Tag: Literature
Saturday’s Werewolves: Twilight, monsters, and Mormons
For all the online chatter about Stephenie Meyer and her Scary Mormon Agenda, most alarmed bloggers have overlooked how her monsters—werewolves in particular—fall into a classic Mormon literary pattern: the Premortal Romance.