CW: Transgender Identities, Homophobia, Racism, Suicide &amp; Self-Harm, SlaveryWilliam Faulkner is part of the Big American Triad of writers: Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Faulkner. Why is that? Especially when he never considered America past the lines of the fictional Yoknapatawpha. Dr. Daniel Kasper, professor at UT Arlington, discusses the transitive definition of whiteness, the inherit nature of WASPishness, plus Quinten Compson and the sex no one is having. Click here to spread the word about FBOL: <a href="https://ctt.ac/cRa0T" target="_blank">https://ctt.ac/cRa0T</a>Find Dr. Kasper's work here:<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/author/Kasper%2C+Daniel" target="_blank">Various</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Shirley-Jackson-Companion-Fiction-Companions/dp/1800790716">Shirley Jackson: A Companion</a> <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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