http://hdl.handle.net/2142/3459 http://hdl.handle.net/2142/14173 Chapter 5: Cold Comfort (The Cusp of Dreams) Sheets, Diana E. This novel is a dark saga of modern business and the lives of people who struggle in its pursuit. It is the story of the men and women in the trenches who do what they can to close thousand-dollar contracts and who wonder how they are going to pay next-month's rent. They lie, cheat, steal, and, when necessary, attack their co-workers at Amtech. However, their schemes don't work, and their jobs and personal relationships disintegrate. For the men and women living on the cusp, the outcomes are bad or, at best, ambiguous. Perhaps nobody cares, but we should because as the road-warriors' lives collapse our whole society crumbles. Fiction Capitalism Business American Society Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2142/14172 Chapter 4: Fleur-de-Lis (The Cusp of Dreams) Sheets, Diana E. This novel is a dark saga of modern business and the lives of people who struggle in its pursuit. It is the story of the men and women in the trenches who do what they can to close thousand-dollar contracts and who wonder how they are going to pay next-month's rent. They lie, cheat, steal, and, when necessary, attack their co-workers at Amtech. However, their schemes don't work, and their jobs and personal relationships disintegrate. For the men and women living on the cusp, the outcomes are bad or, at best, ambiguous. Perhaps nobody cares, but we should because as the road-warriors' lives collapse our whole society crumbles. Fiction Capitalism Business American society Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2142/14171 Chapter 3: Embers (The Cusp of Dreams) Sheets, Diana E. This novel is a dark saga of modern business and the lives of people who struggle in its pursuit. It is the story of the men and women in the trenches who do what they can to close thousand-dollar contracts and who wonder how they are going to pay next-month's rent. They lie, cheat, steal, and, when necessary, attack their co-workers at Amtech. However, their schemes don't work, and their jobs and personal relationships disintegrate. For the men and women living on the cusp, the outcomes are bad or, at best, ambiguous. Perhaps nobody cares, but we should because as the road-warriors' lives collapse our whole society crumbles. Capitalism Fiction Business American society Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2142/14156 Chapter 2: I Can Getcha Close (The Cusp of Dreams) Sheets, Diana E. This novel is a dark saga of modern business and the lives of people who struggle in its pursuit. It is the story of the men and women in the trenches who do what they can to close thousand-dollar contracts and who wonder how they are going to pay next-month's rent. They lie, cheat, steal, and, when necessary, attack their co-workers at Amtech. However, their schemes don't work, and their jobs and personal relationships disintegrate. For the men and women living on the cusp, the outcomes are bad or, at best, ambiguous. Perhaps nobody cares, but we should because as the road-warriors' lives collapse our whole society crumbles. Fiction Capitalism Business American society Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2142/14029 Chapter 1: The Cusp of Dreams (The Cusp of Dreams) Sheets, Diana E. This novel is a dark saga of modern business and the lives of people who struggle in its pursuit. It is the story of the men and women in the trenches who do what they can to close thousand-dollar contracts and who wonder how they are going to pay next-month's rent. They lie, cheat, steal, and, when necessary, attack their co-workers at Amtech. However, their schemes don't work, and their jobs and personal relationships disintegrate. For the men and women living on the cusp, the outcomes are bad or, at best, ambiguous. Perhaps nobody cares, but we should because as the road-warriors' lives collapse our whole society crumbles. Fiction Capitalism Business American society Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2142/11884 Watchmen, Superhero Comics, and the Loss of Consciousness Sheets, Diana E. Comics American fiction Sun, 17 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2142/11881 Solzhenitsyn, Truth, & the Dismal Fate of Literature in the 21st Century, Part 3 Sheets, Diana E. American novel Literary fiction Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2142/10736 Solzhenitsyn, Truth, & the Dismal Fate of Literature in the 21st Century, Part 2 Sheets, Diana E. One of the most important writers of the twentieth century was Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008). His fiction and nonfiction were guided by the moral imperative to bear witness to what he believed to be the two greatest calamities of that century: the Russian Revolution and the attendant horrors of Soviet totalitarianism manifested in the Gulag (1918-1987). Part I of this essay will consider the implications of three works by Solzhenitsyn that present the story of the Gulag: the novella One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1962); the novel The First Circle (1968); and the three-volume nonfiction chronicle of the human carnage wrought by Soviet totalitarianism, The Gulag Archipelago (1973-78). Part II will examine Solzhenitsyn’s perspective on autobiography, storytelling, truth, and moral agency as revealed in, among other sources, his memoir The Oak and the Calf (1975), his Nobel Lecture (1970), and his Harvard Commencement Address (1978). It will also consider the significance of his epic four “knot” (volume) historical fiction, The Red Wheel, published between 1971 and 1991. Part III will address the dismal fate of fiction in the twenty-first century in light of Solzhenitsyn’s storytelling. Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr (1918-2008) Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2142/9712 Solzhenitsyn, Truth, & the Dismal Fate of Literature in the 21st Century, Part 1 Sheets, Diana E. One of the most important writers of the twentieth century was Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008). His fiction and nonfiction were guided by the moral imperative to bear witness to what he believed to be the two greatest calamities of that century: the Russian Revolution and the attendant horrors of Soviet totalitarianism manifested in the Gulag (1918-1987). Part I of this essay will consider the implications of three works by Solzhenitsyn that present the story of the Gulag: the novella One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1962); the novel The First Circle (1968); and the three-volume nonfiction chronicle of the human carnage wrought by Soviet totalitarianism, The Gulag Archipelago (1973-78). Part II will examine Solzhenitsyn’s perspective on autobiography, storytelling, truth, and moral agency as revealed in, among other sources, his memoir The Oak and the Calf (1975), his Nobel Lecture (1970), and his Harvard Commencement Address (1978). It will also consider the significance of his epic four “knot” (volume) historical fiction, The Red Wheel, published between 1971 and 1991. Part III will address the dismal fate of fiction in the twenty-first century in light of Solzhenitsyn’s storytelling. Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr (1918-2008) Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2142/9517 Journalism in the Age of the Internet Sheets, Diana E. Journalism Internet Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT