Category: Miscellaneous
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Sneak Peak: Floods and Fires
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If you’ve been following our blog, Twitter, and Facebook, you may have seen our growing excitement over the upcoming release of Flood and Fires. In Dan Leach’s first short story collection, he delves into emotions that span all people in a uniquely southern landscape. In the title story, a man…
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The Creation of the Printing Press
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The Renaissance was the period of vast rebirth throughout the arts. Between the fourteenth through sixteenth centuries, the concept of the arts became important among many classes. One of the results of this shift in thinking was the creation of the printing press by Johannes Gutenberg in 1440. Before Gutenberg’s creation,…
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Keep Your Eyes Peeled: Floods and Fires
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As you may know, we have an exciting new book releasing this September titled Floods and Fires, written by Dan Leach. Floods and Fires tests Marilynne Robinson’s assertion that “Families will not be broken.” In the title story, a father harbors his fugitive son from the town bully-turned-sheriff and meditates…
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Happy Fourth of July!
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On this day 241 years ago, the United States of America declared its independence from the Crown of England with the signing of…well, the Declaration of Independence. As the years have passed, America has grown into a global power, and it has seen and experienced times of great prosperity as…
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The History of Independence Day
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Independence Day, a national holiday celebrated on the fourth of July. American citizens celebrate many ways, but some common elements of the holiday are the colors red, white, and blue, and lots of fireworks. Celebrations may be in order; however, some may not fully understand the historical significance of America’s…
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Today is Franz Kafka’s Birthday
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On July 3, 1883, the paramount novelist and short-story writer Franz Kafka was born into an upper-middle class, Jewish family. However, from the beginning, Kafka’s life was cursed by tragedy. By the age of six, Kafka had lost two brothers and would soon lose three of his sisters to Nazi…
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About Allen: Editor of The Southern Philosopher
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Allen Mendenhall is associate dean and executive director of the Blackstone & Burke Center for Law & Liberty at Faulkner University Jones School of Law. His previous books include Literature and Liberty (2014) and Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Pragmatism, and the Jurisprudence of Agon (2016). He holds a B.A. in English…
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Upcoming Release: Floods and Fires
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If you’ve been following our blog, Twitter, and Facebook, then you may have heard about an upcoming release titled Floods and Fires by Dan Leach. We are excited to announce this collection of short stories is officially releasing September 12th of this year, only a few short months away! Floods and…