Yearly Archives: 2018

Prelude To The Battle of Antietam

Posted on September 7, 2018 by Fred Bubbers

In 1903, Louis N. Chapin, former lieutenant in the New York 34th Regiment (“The Herkimer Regiment”) published  A Brief History of the Thirty-Forth Regiment, a narrative that documented all the men of that volunteer regiment and their military service, from … Continue reading →

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Surrealism and Sarcasm in Aimee Bender’s Fiction

Posted on June 18, 2018 by Fred Bubbers

The stories in Aimee Bender’s first collection of short stories, The Girl in the Flammable Skirt, published in 1998, contain, to varying degrees, surrealism and sarcasm. In her best stories, these are not mere affectations but are pathways to deeper, … Continue reading →

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The Road Not Taken: Parallel Narratives in The Remains of the Day

Posted on June 9, 2018 by Fred Bubbers

In Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel The Remains of the Day, it is 1956 and aging butler Stevens’ new American employer, Mr. Faraday, urges him to take some time off and offers him the use of his car. Faraday is leaving for … Continue reading →

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