Bøger af Matthew Boedy

For the last man to die in Georgia's electric chair, Wayne Michael Mathis, the creek where his family has lived for generations haunts him. Murder Creek tells the saga of how the creek got its name and how Wayne came to live out its curse. But Wayne also aims to end that curse before he is put to death. Will time run out before he can?

This book analyzes ancient rhetoricians, Nazi Germany critics, and public intellectuals addressing 9/11 to show how renaming evil is a key response to the evil in language. It claims that rhetoric has always been a response to evil and suggests ways in which we can better take responsibility for our words.