Author Archives: Thomas Baughman

About Thomas Baughman

I am an unemployed factory worker in Northeast Ohio

Tragedy in Haymarket Square

Death in the Haymarket: A Story of Chicago, The First Labor Movement, and The Bombing That Divided Gilded Age America by James Green.  New York: Pantheon, 2006. On the evening of May 4, 1886, laborers gathered to attend a rally … Continue reading

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Agrarian Socialism In Oklahoma: The Early Twentieth Century

Agrarian Socialism In America: Marx, Jefferson, and Jesus in the Oklahoma Countryside, 1904-1920. By Jim Bissett (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1999.) Most Americans are unaware of the fact that the rural state of Oklahoma supported the strongest socialist movement … Continue reading

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William Eastlake: The Lyric of The Circle Heart Trilogy

   William Eastlake was a highly regarded American novelist in the 1950s and 1960s, but his reputation began to sink like a stone in the late 1970s and by the time of his death in 1997 he was a forgotten … Continue reading

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Words By Andy Devine (via Thomasba2’s Blog)

    Many years ago the critic Roland Barthes argued that there were two kinds of texts: “readerly” and “writerly”. Put baldly (or badly), a ”readerly” text is one that displays the virtues and qualities that appeal to readers andd “writerly” … Continue reading

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Felipe Alfau 1902-1999

    Felipe Alfau was Spanish-American writer who spent most of his long life in New York City. While not a prolific writer, he was one who was far ahead of his time, employing authorial techniques that would later be “discovered” … Continue reading

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Ray DeCapite (1924-2009)

RAY DECAPITE (1924-2009) by Thomas Baughman One of my favorite authors is Cleveland novelist Ray DeCapite, a writer who devoted his entire life to writing fiction that took place on the very streets where he was born and raised. More … Continue reading

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