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building. Iola Jessop ragtime escalates. l3ou11ting values, lwisb
and darkness. Pushing inlo. Trcadc. Streams of lrcack.
Reality #2: I'm nol quite sure what is going on, bul there is this
gooey bump on my nose.
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rose petals 011 tile page and stage, and walk in ullt' a11ul/1e1 's url1il
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article. Say, who's writing this? Anu who arc you, anyway?
Surculily #1.4: orange cronmgma haughty flagellum grawling
vou11l pruuucn
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Jiversilies gdls in gu.11 polarity freeze gantry whiskstops gaunt
upgraues. treadl' welli11g oul of the earth.
Reality #2: Shaz.bul! I should have known it all along, you guys
arc WEIRD. Why JiJn'l you just say so in the first place? treacle
my inner thigh, guys. yuu slill shoulJn'l go arounJ slapping
boogcrs on other people/ s faces.
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His breath comes in white plumes beneathe the street lamp,
hands buried deep in coat pockets,
stepping back and forth pensively, but not pacingThe other man approaches wordless,
extends a package while accepting a wad,
departs with a curt nod of coal eyes
The first man returns to his flat with the package
examines the contents on a stained coffee table:
Two men and a deck of cards.
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kicking ass.
Those of you who know me know that I
can kick some ass, and ass·ldcldng will be an
endeavor which I am soon going to belabor.
Because I am pisscJ.
Those of you who arc acc.1uainlcJ wilh my
habils anJ pcrsonalily arc t1uilc aware of ils
explosive and l[Uile Jaunling charaderislics. You
know lhal I can be one pissed-off molherfucker,
and this time they have simply gone too far.
They have, those personality-less, buttsucking, thought-vacuumed sons of bitches,
actually mustered up the audacity, the pubescent,
match-stick humored gall, to ... no, you won't
even believe if I tell you. I mean I am PISSED
: OFFiii!! Anger Is seeping oul of my pores like a
· lhick slab of lasagna rage cooking in my belly,
and I can'l move wilhoul stirring up lhe smell of
il. IL clings lo my flesh like a cocoon.
And anyone who has seen a cocoon knows
that it's tough shit if you're in a cocoon and you
don't have the welders equipment necessary to
; penetrate its bonds. That's how pissed off I am
right now. It's all around me. I could rip out my
own tongue and throw it at my dog. My dog's
still happy. Baslard.
So lhese mulalion·induced freaks of
humanity, I don'l really know lhem (lhey mighl
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with. That's how audaciously inundated with
audacity these people have always been. They're
just twerpy little chunks of goo in a stranger's
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And right now I, loo, could really blow
some chow because I AM PISSED!! My entire
system is a swirling swalh of ire spiraling toward
revenge. I am going lo starl kicking ass. Heard il
· , laere first, kids. Dr. Dealh is on the prowl and
nobody is safe but the squirrels because they're
hard to catch. That's it and that's lhal.
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irrelevant.
So you, and you know who you are,
didn't come from a monkey. That's fine
and good. So the world is only ten
thousand yfi!a,~\l\~t9'l.d. ~ Whatever you say.
Scientis\~are bias~d because if the good
people o~ the world ·~new that the history
of the earth was incapsulated in one book
(THE Book)/·~h~f.1 .they [the sci entists]
would go out of business. You know, 't" , ..
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are doing. ¥Aft(~.~iitf.I· to put you in it and
shoot you into space, · ~~t you will
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"Couldn't believe that shit! All those energy
locusts and perp fiends, man..... kk-razy."
Pepe pushed the wire brush in and out of the
barrel of his revolver with contemplative playfulness,
his mouth bunched up to one comer, his eyes
squinty. I lighted a cigarette and studied him
as he cleaned his gun. His tie was loose, twisted
slightly to one side. His dredlocks were pulled
back in a tight pony-tail.
I yawned, took a drag. "The frequencies
were all wrong. If those retro-matrices hadn't
opened on the slipback we could've gotten
: an anti-matter fix and regulated the relocation units."
I finger the remote control for a moment. Miles
was homing the first few bars of hotel from that
French film's soundtrack, so I turned it up.
Pepe shook his head violently. "Fuck that
shit! Naw! Fuck it! rm sick and tired of pulling for
the slack of all them clean-genes. Fuck them!" He
. jerked his wrist and the cylinder hopped into place.
He spun it and pointed at an imaginary target in
,, the distance. "P-kow. Dead."
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Thursday. Bill told me--"
Pepe stood up and cut me off. "Yeh. Coo.
Has Susan given you those C'rravity Innublation seeds?"
He tossed the revolver on the love..seat. '.'That chick
been puttin me off for weeks. ({~ don't get the
seeds soon, we won't be able to harvest in time for
the Holocaust Jam this summer!" He walked to the
window and peeped out the blinds.
I snuffed out my cigarette and shrugged. "Dan
said we couldn't do it anyway. The pH of the Temporal
Agitaion Growing medium we've got just won't cut it."
I rubbed my beard and laughed. "That's okay though ...
I saw this cat last spring give a lecture on this crazy
shit called sideshadowing. It makes a lot more sense now. 11
Pepe turned, and a smile like Voodoo bile crept
up on his lean blackb~autiful face. "Don't tell Jennifer. 11
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moking pints. Have you seen the off switch for the
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#number: Target leavetaking towards wastrel-bingo. Hugenols reify ether.
Lax forlilulc forms fumigation. Let's get out of time.
Below the waste products of retro-inductrializ.ation leave hints of proto-retro-anti
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The Gravity Well
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by stay jov iall
"The problems define him. That is, they put him into
words and explain him. And explanation is a funny thing:
Darwin and the Bible both explain a lot. But this isn't about
God. Or Darwin. It is about the problems, which define
him. It is not that he wrestles with them, angst-ridden and
Byron-like, but that they breathe him into being, with voice;
breath, word, whisper, inflection, tone and timbre ... all
from the lips of the problems. And so his definition is not
written, but spoken, not static, but dynamic and transient: in
considering the logos constituitive of his being, one must
remember that he is the object of this genetive construction ..
.that the definition is not of him, but he is of the definition.
The definition yielded by his problems contains only a
few words, the most significant of which have lengthy
etymologies and are derived from a sidereal language of love
and hate.
The problems which define him also explain him.
Hence the problems think that they have a way to control
him, for with successful theoretical explanation comes the
possibility of prediction, and hence control. He would want
to argue that counterfactuals of freedom lack operative
conceptual validity, and hence their control over him is at best
inductive and at worst illusory. His problems would sit back
and smile at that: "See, you've just proved our point."
What do you think of that, Dr. Joy?" He paused , and
there was a silence in Dr. Joy's office like an airplane taking
off. The pencil Dr. Joy had been turning in his fingers as his
patient spoke crashed to the desk, and his old leather boot
face remained expressionless.
"Zat is a very interesting story." Only a slight vestige
of Bavarian accent, extremely articulate. "Perhaps you have
had flashes of insight, lately or. .. zomething else?"
I paused and lit a cigarette. You looked over the table
at me, the waiter hovered in the background. I watched him
over your shoulder. You thought I was staring at you to
make you uncomfortable. You do feel vague! y
uncomfortable.
You bite your lip for a moment. "What was Dr. Joy
talking about? Are you going to tell me what happened after
that?"
I exhale smoke in your face. "No."
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Jhey Witherfunk : : Jimmy Washington (WBKotter)
Stay Jovial! :: Alex Keaton (family ties)
Gerritt Lagemann :: Jack ritter (3's company)
Dave Sears :: Arnold Drurrimonci (diff'rent strokes)
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AS SUCH IT IS PRODUCED
BY RHODES STUDENTS WHO ARE REPRESENTING NO OPINIONS BUT THEIR OWN.
IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH AN
ARTICLE, TAKE IT UP WITH ITS AUTHOR.
AND REMEMBER, AS PYNCHON POINTS OUT,
ONE MAY NEVER GET TO TOUCH THE MASTER,
BUT ONE MAY TICKLE HIS CREATURES.
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pierced the muggy air in the stadium. The fight was on! This was
it, rumored to be the biggest fight of the year, and there were bets
from here to Buenos Aires on it. On the left, Civility, wearing red
shorts and weighing in at 595 pounds. On the right, Morality, in
blue and a trim 340 pounds. They closed in, and Civility rumbled,
"Be nice to that Rhodent! So what if he's annoying and likes to talk
about his SAT scores? Try to see things from his point of view;
maybe he's just feeling insecure." Morality blocked this easily -he had seen it coming a mile away. The response: "But by being nice
to him even though I despise him, I am being untrue to myself, and
since the only truth I know is my own subjective truth, I am conunitting NoTIOK.-Oddo·1L11d·End1ot nm1uN
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"The bible says to love thy neighbor!" Morality stepped back, dodged
the wild swing, and didn't even bother to respond. It was obvious his
opponent was faltering, and he had some pity. But Civility tried to
continue: "I was taught to be polite, and I'm going to be polite! How
would you like it if everything in life were based on people's actual
opinions of each other? And shouldn't you have some consideration
for the feelings of others, huh, Morality?" The sarcasm in this last
question caused a rush of anger to our blue- clad hero, and he spun
around one last time, lightning- fast, with "I'm just here for a few
years, and i'm useless to myself and everyone else if all i do is bend
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to assholes just to avoid offending them." Morality stood back and
watched Civility spin around in the ring before falling to the ground.
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Rhodes student walked around with a silly grin on his face, flicking off
everyone who said hi to him.
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I WATCHED MUSIC AND HEARD MYSELF FUCKING GET DOWN.
sumptuous shakin and rump bass bumpin toothu light wave wawa
rolling round happy slappin sippin the fly fluid funky GET DOWN
bright night light shinin sweet feet steppin out, damn/ I
swingin hard feelin far, notes slippin drippin off my arm
can't stop body flop singin dreamin 'bout the world
and feel so real. I feel so FEEL/ so I wow down round the sound
to eat up motion mangoes and stare at caca congas
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glittering and mask-like
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clattering and reptilian
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when 1· m alone.
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in a blur o white .
primed words were
jibberish in mydaze,
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on towns or docks,
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often shrill, but never unfogged
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and rarely escaping their targets,
with promise and fortitude
crumbled and delayed
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Yes, we do!! We got spirit! How 'bout you!!
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on my forehead .
I cutt' t geuhe Clash
out of mv stereo
or you out of my head .
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ROOM WAS SOMETHING LIKE PLAYING RHYTI-lM GUITAR .
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something written on his
forehead. "Really?" he says.
"I 'II be damned." And he
was right. No matter what he
did, he WAS damned. So he
went around in a devil
costume, damning himself all
day long. "Damnit" he would
say. "Damn me to hell."
Nobody told him he was bald
anymore, because what if he
were Satan? When he died,
he went to hell, damnit. And
the autopsy was perfonned on
his costumed former self. A
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formaldehyde on him." A
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mortician went to the head of
the table to examine the head
of the dead satan-likc man.
He was aghast, and lost his
head. "You're fired" he told
the clumsy new assistant. "I
know" replied the newly
homeless fired man. "I'm on
fire" said the knowledgeable
man in his new home.
"You're homeless for a
reason," said the businessman
to the homeless man.
,
"You're on. fire for a reason"
said the knowledgeable man'
to the newly arrived
businessman. "What's the
reason?" screamed the blazing
businessman in crazed
confusion. "It's none of my
business." He was of course
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whole thing was run
by a perfect crosssection of humanity:
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Rat's Ass: So,uh, Mr. Satan,
how long have you been attending Rhodes College.
An ti-Christ: Since the
Masons founded it, actually·
But right now I am posing as
a senior.
RA: What are your views on
the current state of evil at
Rhodes?
or
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Horror Punk Rock Song
Wizened angel of death, you're
Too old to reap; you can only
Gnaw at a young girl's.ank~es.
This encounter on a ram-slicked
Highway, you scythe with a
Road sign, impaling
Windshield glass.
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Wrapped around a teleP.hc;me pol.e.
Your teenage lips wont kiss again
With that pretty little head
In your own lap.
Hope lies in the miracle of modem
· · .·~ Science,
And the gentle craft of robbing graves.
My queen
Myfover
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Marilyn's body with a schoolgirl's head,
The pinnacle of tonight's delights.
She'll keep loving long after you're dead.
See the stitches? Turn out the lights.
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i'llsmashdashbashaskulland-giveafewkicks-in-theribs--mydadlikesguns-andhasbunches-bu Hhi nki 'llgo-dowu-tow1t-a11dgetag1111,
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A-C: Well, not a had way to
make a living ... l've lately
found hitter polemics in
underground newspapers to
be a useful tool.
RA: What has been the focu.
of these polemics, in
general?
A-C: Oh, you know, the usu<l
sort of stuff you fl nd at
, every college: bitter
diatribes against the
administration, meaninglP.ss
poems, and a penchant for
the pointless. But excuse
me I must be going .
RA; One last question, Mr.
Satan When shaving, do yo
prefe~ a brush or a roller?
A-C: Lime.
smile and nod
in kurt reply:
Another person
whose name
I don't know
has greeted me like an old friel!d.
Vertigo a go-go
or
I'm too immature to appreciate
That Hitchcock film
Jimmy Stewart didn't need no talk
To get off
Kim Novak's clothes.
When she almost drowned, that's when
He had her
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Martin Fox's criticism in this issue of the Rat's Ass has become entirely
concerned with itself, allowing a silly amount of self-referentiality. By
isolating itself as a signifier which points exclusively towards itself, it
circumvents modes of critical discourse which, have, of course, been
assimilated by the ruling classes, as a prop to the hegemony of bipolar
thought, a fetish of hierarchical organization within a post-cultural strata
invoked by the exchange of play and structure. Although he addresses none
of these concerns, the interjection of a text in variance with this system
clearly points towards the implication of critique. It would have been vastly
improved, however, if it had alluded to Proust.
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The Rat's Ass, October 28, 1994, Volume 03, Issue 08
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student art
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2014 Fall Intermediate/Advanced Painting Assignment #5: Obstructions
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Department of Art, 2014 Spring, Paintings, Student Art
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This painting is acrylic on canvas. It was created by Amanda Wright in the Spring 2014 Intermediate/Advanced Painting class taught by Professor Erin Harmon
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Wright, Amanda
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DLynx
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Memphis, Tenn. : Art, Department of, Rhodes College
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2014-04
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student art
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Newspaper
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The Rat's Ass, February 16, 1996, Volume 04, Issue 20
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Newspapers, Publications, Satires, Zines, 1996 Winter
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This issue of The Rat's ass dates from February 16, 1996. This issue of The Rat's Ass is called the "Special Domination Episode." On the front page Xaft Minor gives us not a dialogue scene, but something close to it. Jhay Witherspoon gives an actual dialogue. On the last page Stay Joviall how the end may begin.
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Xaft Minor, Jhay Witherspoon, Stay Joviall
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Dlynx
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Memphis, Tenn. : Rhodes College Archives and Special Collections
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The Rat's Ass
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2015 Spring Intermediate/Advanced Painting Artist's Journal
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Student Art, 2015 Spring, Paintings, Department of Art
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This is a scan from Jean Xiong's artist journal. It was submitted as an assignment in the spring 2015 Intermediate/Advanced Painting class taught by Professor Erin Harmon.
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Xiong, Jean
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DLynx
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Memphis, Tenn. : Art, Department of, Rhodes College
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2015-05-06
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Painting
student art
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2015 Spring Intermediate/Advanced Painting Final
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Student Art, 2015 Spring, Paintings, Department of Art
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This painting is acrylic on canvas. It was created by Jean Xiong in the spring 2015 Intermediate/Advanced Painting class taught by Professor Erin Harmon.
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Xiong, Jean
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DLynx
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Memphis, Tenn. : Art, Department of, Rhodes College
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2015-05-06
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Painting
student art
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Monkey Capture, Image 3-02
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Rhodes College, monkeys
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Person holding one of the monkeys.
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February 1976
1976
monkey
rhodes college
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Monkey Capture, Image 5-02
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Monkey Capture, Image 10
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Monkey Capture, Image 6-02
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Monkey Capture, Image 7b
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Monkey Capture, Image 5
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Monkey Capture, Image 9
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http://dlynx.rhodes.edu/jspui/bitstream/10267/9587/3/Monkey%20Capture%20Image%209.jpg
1976
monkey
rhodes college
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http://archives.rhodes.edu/files/original/0d2b847cc775de0926b35cb1f122a583.jpg
dda2d14c4fc3cf62da77a74115003ae3
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Great Monkey Capture of 1976
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February 23, 1976
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Monkey Capture, Image 8
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http://dlynx.rhodes.edu/jspui/bitstream/10267/9586/3/Monkey%20Capture%20Image%208.jpg
1976
monkey
rhodes college
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Monkey Capture, Image 6
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http://dlynx.rhodes.edu/jspui/bitstream/10267/9584/3/Monkey%20Capture%20Image%206.jpg
1976
monkey
rhodes college
-
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14268bdff46aac5a4e2b7ee4a0158643
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Monkey Capture, Image 3
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http://dlynx.rhodes.edu/jspui/bitstream/10267/9581/3/Monkey%20Capture%20Image%203.jpg
1976
monkey
rhodes college
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6acab6ed3a6b2b1473946dabd76fd5c6
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Monkey Capture, Image 11
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http://dlynx.rhodes.edu/jspui/bitstream/10267/9589/1/Monkey%20Capture%2011.jpg
1976
monkey
rhodes college
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Monkey Capture, Image 12
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http://dlynx.rhodes.edu/jspui/bitstream/10267/9590/3/Monkey%20Capture%20Image%2012.jpg
1976
monkey
rhodes college
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Shelby Foote: Staying Within the Memphis Parkways
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"Very strange, looking back on a life once the pattern has emerged. What in God′s name will they make of ours someday, if they take the trouble?" These words were written by Shelby Dade Foote, Jr. to his good friend and fellow author, Walker Percy. Rhodes College is taking the trouble to make something of Footes′ life. Shelby Foote was a noted southern writer and historian who became well known as the "voice" in Ken Burns' PBS documentary on the Civil War.
The Foote collection is composed of diaries, manuscripts, research notes, letters, and photographs from the 1930s to the early 2000s. It was acquired by the College in December 2010 from the Shelby Dade Foote Estate.
Foote's first novel, "Tournament" (1949), was followed by two more books set in Mississippi, "Follow Me Down (1950) and "Love in a Dry Season" (1951). An entry on January 22, 1951 mentions a conversation with William Faulkner.
"Talked to Wm. Faulkner this afternoon where he autographed copies of “Notes on a Horsethief.” He said he liked my book (meaning “Follow Me Down); “It’s a good book,” he said, and added: “Do better on the next one.” I should have told him the plain truth: That I never do less than my best: but as it was, I just said I would and he said “Good.” "
Foote published "Shiloh" in 1952 which was set during the 1862 Civil War battle in Tennessee in which about 24,000 from both the Union and Confederate armies were killed or wounded,. He blended fiction with fact and used multiple characters to describe the action. Random House founder Bennett Cerf, admired "Shiloh," and approached Foote about writing a short history of the war, but Foote insisted that nothing less than three volumes and he predicted that this work might take four years to complete. His three volume work, "The Civil War: A Narrative," took twenty years to complete with the volumes being released between 1958 and 1974.
Shelby Foote, the novelist and historian became a national celebrity in 1990 after his appearances in the 11-hour PBS series, "The Civil War," produced by Ken Burns.
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Elizabeth E. Gates, College Archivist
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The Shelby Dade Foote Jr. (1916-2005) collection, acquired by the College in 2010 took a short journey from East Parkway to North Parkway, but a huge journey in being readied for use by scholars. This exhibit highlights some of the interesting documents and images that are part of Shelby Dade Foote, Jr. Collection.
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The Shelby Dade Foote Jr. Collection is available to researchers in the Rhodes College Archives and Special Collections through the generosity of Steven R. and Riea Lainoff.
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Shelby Foote about 2 years old in 1919.