I am going home soon.

"It's clear, reading Wray's elaborate argument for the cultural significance of "white trash," that the white-culture business has a big problem: no one has provided a satisfying definition of what white culture is. And even some of its self-appointed describers have serious doubts about the whole enterprise -- namely, in an academic world that ( Read more... )

The stairs are not lit, at first, and then a glow comes onto them, faint, and casting hazy shadows in the silence. The glow moves, hesitantly, as do the shadows, telling the movement of the two who cast them. The shadows are cast on red and brown sandstone, dustless and pristine. The stairs are perfectly regular, winding upwards in a tightening ( Read more... )

There has been an idea kicking around in my head, for a good while now ( Read more... )

Brandon blanched a little, shuffled his feet, the papers, his feet again.

Brandon sat and regarded the form from HR for a minute. He checked it. Double, even. opened his mouth, once, twice, clamping it shut both times.

"Gary?" he squeaked out, a little unsure of himself.

"Yes, just one second please". Brandon stood patiently, staring at the back of the large man's head as Gary sat and typed away, updating some form or ( Read more... )

Eventually, the letter to his sister called him back into his room. He felt that, at least, he wasn’t retreating from their world... not like he had done. He was going toward something, to write to Ophelia, to tell her about... How do you tell a sibling about your father? How had she seen him ( Read more... )

    He laid his head back into the pillow. the room smelled empty, fresh. A heavy door muffled the sounds f activity in the hall. Other students were moving things in; his father’s men had moved him in. Not that he flaunted his money or status, but sometimes certain things just went easier when they were lubricated by wealth and status. The room ( Read more... )

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