Tag: Reconstruction

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  News of the World, by Paulette Jiles

  November 20, 2016

  General, Writing – Fiction

  disenfranchised, Kiowa captive, misogyny, National Book Award, News of the World, novel, Paulette Jiles, Reconstruction, Texas author

  In a year of historic political division and growing national misogyny, on November 16th the National Book Award failed to honor a single nominated woman, but instead focused on divisions along racial lines. So, let me talk about this beguiling and poetic novel written by a woman that deals with race and the position of…