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In my graduate writing workshop the other week, I received two essays from my students, one titled “Fasting and Abstinence” and the other “Portrait of a Matron.

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For sheer shock value, two stories stand out most clearly in my mind: Shirley Jackson’s "The Lottery" and Flannery O’Connor’s "Good Country People." I’d rather not spoil the fun (or the horror) for you by telling you what these stories specifically involve; suffice it to say that when "The Lottery" was published in The New Yorker in 1948, the maga [DatePublished] => 2005-07-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135214 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804847 [AuthorName] => Butch Dalisay [SectionName] => Arts and Culture [SectionUrl] => arts-and-culture [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 232961 [Title] => METRO MANILA AIN’T NOTHING BUT HELL MISSPELLED (BUT IT’S THE ONLY HOME I GOT AND I LOVE IT HERE) [Summary] => (Author’s note: This article is this column’s best attempt at some sort of Christmas message, although I must admit it was written with only two hours sleep, medication and after watching the news. The title is borrowed from Harlan Ellison who I always pretend to be when I’m angry.)
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I am always filled with pride when I hear my Dad talk to foreign visitors because more often than not he knows more about their countries than they do.
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For sheer shock value, two stories stand out most clearly in my mind: Shirley Jackson’s "The Lottery" and Flannery O’Connor’s "Good Country People." I’d rather not spoil the fun (or the horror) for you by telling you what these stories specifically involve; suffice it to say that when "The Lottery" was published in The New Yorker in 1948, the maga [DatePublished] => 2005-07-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135214 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804847 [AuthorName] => Butch Dalisay [SectionName] => Arts and Culture [SectionUrl] => arts-and-culture [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 232961 [Title] => METRO MANILA AIN’T NOTHING BUT HELL MISSPELLED (BUT IT’S THE ONLY HOME I GOT AND I LOVE IT HERE) [Summary] => (Author’s note: This article is this column’s best attempt at some sort of Christmas message, although I must admit it was written with only two hours sleep, medication and after watching the news. The title is borrowed from Harlan Ellison who I always pretend to be when I’m angry.)
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I am always filled with pride when I hear my Dad talk to foreign visitors because more often than not he knows more about their countries than they do.
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