483. Tison Pugh

<div>483. We <a href="http://archive.org/download/483-tison-pugh-dunces/483--Tison_Pugh--Dunces.mp3" target="_blank">talk</a> to Tison Pugh about his <i>Confederacy of Dunces</i> article entitled, "Systemic Racism, Queer White Privilege, and the Carnivalesque Humor of John Kennedy Toole’s A Confederacy of Dunces." "In the disparate circumstances facing his primary Black character, Burma Jones, and his primary gay White male character, Dorian Greene, Toole contrasts the imprisoning effects of systemic racism to the liberating pleasures of queer White privilege.<a name='more'></a> Although humorists need not shy away from treating serious subjects irreverently, it is nonetheless instructive for readers to consider the variability of their efforts and the ways in which satiric impulses shift in light of the situations depicted. Toole’s carnivalesque tropes, as they intersect with issues of race and homosexuality, expose the contrasting ways in which systemic racism and systemic heterosexism function within a primarily comic world, as well as their lasting repercussions both on his characters and on the wider culture." </div> <ol type="a"><li>This week in Louisiana history. August 20, 1853. 'Black Day' 269 people died in New Orleans of Yellow Fever. </li><li>This week in New Orleans history. NICHOLLS, Francis Tillou, attorney, soldier, governor, jurist. Born, Donaldsonville, LA, August 20, 1834.<br /> </li><li>This week in Louisiana.<br /> Louisiana Herbs<br /> 276 Breston Lane<br /> Columbia LA 71418<br /> The Louisiana Herbs farm is located on the Historic Breston Plantation in Riverton, Louisiana.&nbsp; Our herb farm is passionate about providing the freshest organic culinary herbs available today. Of all the herb farms in the world, Louisiana Herbs nurtures all our fresh herbs in the rich delta soil here in Caldwell Parish, the Heart of the Boot of the Great State