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Barbara L. Hall

Barbara L. Hall teaches in the Writing Program at Haverford College and serves as Haverford’s Multilingual Writing Specialist in the Writing Center. Her main academic interests are in the politics of cultural reproduction in a globalized world, particularly the case of international adoption. She lives in Philadelphia with her family. You can follow her on twitter at @profbarbarahall. icon

Remembering Florence King: A Tribute to Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady

By Barbara L. Hall

Novelist, essayist, and self-proclaimed misanthrope Florence King died recently, on January 6, at age 80. When I read the news on Facebook, I was surprised by the potency of my reaction. King’s ...

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