I've been listening to Wright Thompson's book The Barn. It's very hard to listen to, and an excellent book.
One thing led to another, and I found this snippet from the writer in an Atlantic article. As a southerner, I cannot tell you how biting and insightful this is.
Interesting!
We cling to a lot of romantic notions, some of them utterly degenerate.
Take all of the Confederacy romanticism, please.
Five years of utterly revolting history, and people romanticize it like it was handed down by angels.
My love/hate relationship with the South is at fever pitch. 😄
@rl_dane I'm writing up a little something about the experience of listening to this book on Good Friday. It's had a deep effect on me. The author reads his own book (local accent and all) and he puts you right in the story, which as always is about the whole community, not just the individual characters.
"The resurrected Jesus is the ruin of all the evil that wants to oppress us. But some spiritual evils are slow to let go."
That sounds awesome. Reminds me of this #FlanneryOConnor's quote:
> I think it is safe to say that while the South is hardly Christ-centered, it is most certainly Christ-haunted.
Please tag me when you post the #blost 💗
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