(December 14, 1916 – August 8, 1965) was an American author. She was a popular writer in her time, and her work has received increased attention from literary critics in recent years. She influenced Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, Nigel Kneale, and Richard Matheson. She is best known for the short story “The Lottery” (1948), which suggests a secret, sinister underside to bucolic small-town America, and for The Haunting of Hill House (1959), which is widely considered to be one of the best ghost stories ever written. In her critical biography of Jackson, Lenemaja Friedman notes that when “The Lottery” was published in the June 26, 1948, issue of The New Yorker, it received a response that “no New Yorker story had ever received”. Hundreds of letters poured in that were characterized by, as Jackson put it, “bewilderment, speculation, and old-fashioned abuse”. In the July 22, 1948, issue of the San Francisco Chronicle, Jackson offered the following in response to persistent queries from her readers about her intentions:
Explaining just what I had hoped the story to say is very difficult. I suppose, I hoped, by setting a particularly brutal ancient rite in the present and in my own village to shock the story’s readers with a graphic dramatization of the pointless violence and general inhumanity in their own lives.
Jackson’s husband, the literary critic Stanley Edgar Hyman, wrote in his preface to a posthumous anthology of her work, “she consistently refused to be interviewed, to explain or promote her work in any fashion, or to take public stands and be the pundit of the Sunday supplements. She believed that her books would speak for her clearly enough over the years.” Hyman insisted the darker aspects of Jackson’s works were not, as some critics claimed, the product of “personal, even neurotic, fantasies”, but that Jackson intended, as “a sensitive and faithful anatomy of our times, fitting symbols for our distressing world of the concentration camp and the Bomb”, to mirror humanity’s Cold War-era fears. Jackson may even have taken pleasure in the subversive impact of her work, as revealed by Hyman’s statement that she “was always proud that the Union of South Africa banned ‘The Lottery’, and she felt that they at least understood the story”. Read More || Edit
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I see the design is a little bit larger this year. I love it Anyway. no f*cks given. Here is my PRIDE
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33612 people give a shit. Thank you. You warm my heart
It’s
not unreasonable to stand against a force that threatens our ecosystem,
disrespects an already abused nation and ignores all present and
long-term consequences of oil contamination in the name of profit.
You turn on your PC to keep working on your novel, but to your surprise, when you open the file, it is writing itself. You read some of what has already been written and it seems your characters have created free will, and the plot is progressing without you.
The power to the entire country has gone out. The streets are filled with crime and violence. A small ragtag group of D&D players decide to assume their characters to put an end to the madness.
If you have a rough holiday, I’m your weird relative now. Pass whatever is being served, take this handful of candy and don’t tell anyone. You are all my favorite. Don’t tell anyone that either, but I’m not sure it is a secret.
My Grimoire. On a Powerpoint Presentation for extra organization freedom :p And it looks glorious :D But. It’s nearly 3 a.m. for me, and I need to go to bed. :(
Are there any other polytheists/pagans out there who just want to give up frivolous things and focus solely on your path? Like a nun or a monk, living together in/near a church/shrine and supporting each other while living simpler lives and giving spiritual aid/guidance to others and doing community work/activism?
Fuck yeah, I consider it a lot, unfortunately it’s hard to survive and eat right doing that… Mundane life sucks ass
All I want to do is disappear into the deepest of forests and raise my family and practice my craft. But, like, internet.
