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Clark Waggoner

Literature and The Modern Short Story: Analyzing Nick Hornby's "Nipple Jesus" - 0 views

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    This article explores Nick Hornby's brilliant short story, "Nipple Jesus". In it, Hornby tackles religion, politics, sex, family and financial responsibility, art and its relationship with the individual, the artist, and society through a "six foot two and fifteen stone" security guard whose only skill is being big, to profound and entertaining\neffect.
Rob Peach

"Iran Unveiled": Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures continues American Shorts at WYEP - 0 views

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    At 7 pm on Thursday, July 23, 2009, Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures continues its Summer Shorts series at the WYEP Community Broadcast Center on the South Side with "Iran Unveiled," a program featuring two Iranian women authors, Anahita Firouz and Moniro Ravanipour. The program is offered in collaboration with Pittsburgh City of Asylum.
Clark Waggoner

American Literature Classics: Interpreting the Climax of Edgar Allen Poe's Fall of the ... - 0 views

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    In his "The Philosophy of Composition" Poe tells us that he begins writing with "the consideration of an effect" (1598). Almost all of Poe's poetry and fiction give evidence to support Poe's claim that the intended effect, upon the reader, is indeed central to his creative work. This article explores that intended effect and its centrality in Poe's famous short story, "The Fall of the House of Usher".
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