: About Me

Retired (three years) professor of English, South Dakota State University.

BirthplaceBaytown, Texas

BA/MA, English, University of Texas, Austin, 1960, 1965

Ph. D., American Studies, University of Minnesota, 1976

Publications: Tropical Murder, Tower Books, 1981; Short Stories, Prairie Schooner, 1973; South Dakota Review, 1972.

Semi-finalist, Faulkner-Wisdom creative writing contest, for BARRINGTON, a novel, 2004.

Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: The Descendants (2011)

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Death brings everyone back to earth, back from whatever fantasies they may have been living in. Death may, too, alter the vision of everyone involved. At least it seems so here. Here is Hawaii, one of the most beautiful places on earth, though much of what we see of it reminds one of urban California: if you don’t live on Ticky-Tack street, it’s probably just around the corner. Matt King (George Clooney) is one of the richest men in the state and is descended from the original, Hawaiian, inhabitants. He is also face to face with the fact that his wife has been badly injured in ...

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