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Walking this afternoon, down the hill from our house, I saw this dark cloud above the snow-covered field and noted the barbed wire fence angling along the road I was walking on. It is depressing to witness (through the media) … Continue reading →
What a pleasure to have thoughtful readers. These two reviews have just been published in the June numbers of The Journal of American History and the American Historical Review. Many thanks to Michael L. Johnson and John Bezis-Selfa. Bezis-Selfa writes … Continue reading →
We have constructed a new website for the book. You can find it here: https://doublevisionbooks.wixsite.com/the-perfect-fence Let us know if you have any suggestions as we expand and improve it. Looks like the book will be available through Texas A&M University … Continue reading →
A couple of weeks ago John Fowles, a former student of mine when I was teaching in the BYU Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages, wrote me from China, where he was on business. “I’ve been reading your ‘non-memoir’ Immortal for … Continue reading →
I’ve been thinking about this photo for several years as we have written about the meanings of barbed wire. Our original title was Intimate Fences, borrowed from a haunting story by Annie Proulx. The story is about an old man who … Continue reading →
Every image of the past that is not recognized by the present as one of its own concerns threatens to disappear irretrievably. –Walter Benjamin from Immortal for Quite Some Time
Two hours ago Lyn and I sent off the final manuscript of Intimate Fences: Constructing the Meaning of Barbed Wire. Six years in the making. Two full new drafts since mid-October. Who knows how many drafts in the previous year. Now it’s up to … Continue reading →
Last night Lyn and I finished the latest draft of the entire book. We’re getting close. One more draft before the semester begins and we’ll be ready to send it out to potential publishers. About 300 pages at this point. … Continue reading →
The New York Times today features a piece about millions of works of art stored by wealthy collectors in a “free port” in Geneva for tax purposes. You buy a work of art in New York for $100 million and … Continue reading →
[notes from a paper given on Wednesday at the UVU Humanities Symposium on Migrants, Refugees, and Borders] Control is the end promised by 19th-century barbed-wire advertisements; barbed wire is the means. “Why Barb Fencing Is Better Than Any Other,” a … Continue reading →
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