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newcritics: The Artistry of Keith Lee Morris’ ‘Testimony’

  • Tom Watson · 2 years ago
    Sounds wonderful - now I have to track this story down and read it!
  • Bosco · 2 years ago
    I read the story and I agree it is terrific. I am not so sure I would agree with you that the boys' behavior is the sort "all but endorsed in the United States." They are meth-heads and the accused one has knocked out his girlfriend's front teeth. So they are a little pathological to begin with. But the way Keith Lee Morris lets the story unfold is indeed masterful.
  • Kathleen Maher · 2 years ago
    Hey, Bosco, My point was not that society endorses overt violence. Rather, the competitive jockeying that holds this gang of four young men together allows the death to occur. Yes, there's the methamphetamine (which I note as NOT socially endorsed) but I can imagine the same accident occurring if these guys were merely drunk and watching the Superbowl. Their masculine self-absorption might be enough to foster the casual aggression that results in an accident going overlooked until it's too late.
  • Bosco · 2 years ago
    Okay, but notice that you have to eliminate two key elements of the plot (the meth, the girlfriend) to make your point!
  • Australian legal will · 2 months ago
    Even though the author has presented the attorneys as discrete characters, the use of the disembodied third person questions here is not merely a literary device, but a classic form of self-protection. Great read and I'll definitely keep track of this story.
  • Health_Campus · 2 months ago
    wow i really found this to be interesting. thanks for sharing

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  • lawyer austin · 1 month ago
    this was a very intriguing issue, no wonder this has been talked about over and over again,..