Book Index: Genres, Themes, and Keywords
I designed this entry as a sort of index for the following books, which I co-authored or authored: The Acorn Gathering, The Acorn Stories, Degranon, Holding Me Together, New Readings of Winesburg, Ohio, and The Return of Innocence. Please note that many of the terms overlap or use different forms of the same word, for search engine purposes. In some cases, just one among a list of terms will apply to a particular book. Some of these elements play a small role in the particular book(s), while others play a major one.
Acorns, oak trees, acorn to oak: The Acorn Gathering, The Acorn Stories
Acorn, Texas; Lubbock, Texas; West Texas: The Acorn Gathering, The Acorn Stories
African American, black people: The Acorn Gathering, The Acorn Stories, Degranon, Holding Me Together, The Return of Innocence
AIDS, HIV, safe sex, safer sex, unsafe sex: Holding Me Together
Alternate realities, other dimensions, other worlds: Degranon, The Return of Innocence
Arabic, Middle Eastern: The Return of Innocence
Asian, Far Eastern: Degranon, The Return of Innocence
Beasts, monsters: Degranon, The Return of Innocence
Canada: Holding Me Together
Cancer, cancer survivors, cancer fundraiser, fund-raiser: The Acorn Gathering
Civil rights, equal rights, equality: Degranon, Holding Me Together
Censorship, censors, suppression of knowledge, book burning, Fahrenheit 451: The Acorn Stories, Degranon, Holding Me Together
Coming of age, reaching adulthood, young adult, teen, teenager, youth: The Acorn Gathering, The Acorn Stories, Degranon, Holding Me Together, New Readings of Winesburg, Ohio, The Return of Innocence
Constitutional amendment, adding discrimination into the constitution: Degranon, Holding Me Together
Deaf, deafness, hearing disabled, hearing-impaired: The Acorn Gathering, The Acorn Stories, Holding Me Together
Disability (other than deafness) &/or disabling illness: Degranon, Holding Me Together
Death, grieving, loss: The Acorn Stories, Degranon
Domestic violence, abusive relationship, spousal abuse: The Acorn Stories, Holding Me Together
Drug abuse, drug addiction, mind-altering or mind-controlling drugs: Degranon, Holding Me Together
Elderly, old folks, aging, age, twilight years: The Acorn Gathering, The Acorn Stories, Degranon, Holding Me Together, New Readings of Winesburg, Ohio, The Return of Innocence
Essays & other non-fiction: Holding Me Together, New Readings of Winesburg, Ohio
Evil rulers, poor leadership, corruption in high places: The Acorn Stories, Degranon, The Return of Innocence
Ex-gay, exgay, cures for homosexuality: The Acorn Gathering, The Acorn Stories, Holding Me Together
Family, relatives, family bonds, family ties, family values, parents, parenting, siblings: The Acorn Gathering, The Acorn Stories, Degranon, Holding Me Together, New Readings of Winesburg, Ohio, The Return of Innocence
Fantasy, sword & sorcery, magic, magical, spells, incantations, transmutation, transformation: The Return of Innocence
Gay Christians, homosexuality & religion, gay people of faith, gay vs. religious: The Acorn Stories, Holding Me Together
Gay coming out, gay denial, the closet, closet cases: The Acorn Gathering, The Acorn Stories, Holding Me Together, New Readings of Winesburg, Ohio
Gay gene, genetic basis of homosexuality, biology of sexual orientation, born gay, choice or birth: Degranon, Holding Me Together
Gay marriage, same-sex marriage, same-gender marriage: Degranon, Holding Me Together, The Return of Innocence
Gay pride, gay history & culture: The Acorn Stories, Holding Me Together
Gay relationships: The Acorn Gathering, The Acorn Stories, Degranon, Holding Me Together, New Readings of Winesburg, Ohio, The Return of Innocence
Gender, gender roles, gender stereotypes, gender-bending, gender-blurring: The Acorn Stories, New Readings of Winesburg, Ohio, The Return of Innocence
God, Lord, faith, scripture, religion, belief, believers, higher power: The Acorn Stories, Degranon, Holding Me Together
Hate crimes, hate-motivated violence: Holding Me Together
History, historical, related to changing times: Holding Me Together, New Readings of Winesburg, Ohio
Homophobia, homophobic, gay-bashing, gay-baiting, anti-gay, heterocentrism: The Acorn Gathering, The Acorn Stories, Degranon, Holding Me Together, New Readings of Winesburg, Ohio
Humor, humorous, comedy, satire, satirical, light-hearted, tongue-in-cheek: The Acorn Gathering, The Acorn Stories, Holding Me Together, The Return of Innocence
Industrialism, mechanization, technology, the machine in the garden, science changing the landscape: Degranon, New Readings of Winesburg, Ohio
Jewish, Jew, Judaica: The Acorn Stories
Literary criticism & theory, literary classics, American literature, author biography: New Readings of Winesburg, Ohio
Lonely, loneliness, alone, isolation, isolated, abandoned: The Acorn Stories, Degranon, New Readings of Winesburg, Ohio
Mexican American, Latino, Latina, Hispanic: The Acorn Gathering, The Acorn Stories, Degranon
Native American, American Indian, reservations: The Acorn Gathering, Degranon
New York City after 9/11: The Acorn Gathering
Poems, poetry: Holding Me Together
Politics, political: The Acorn Stories, Degranon, Holding Me Together
Privacy loss, invasion of privacy, government intrusion, government surveillance, 1984, The Handmaid’s Tale: Degranon
Race, racial, racism, racist, race relations, interracial: The Acorn Gathering, The Acorn Stories, Degranon, Holding Me Together, The Return of Innocence
Religious fanatics, fanaticism, religious extremists, religious violence, holy war, crusades: Degranon, Holding Me Together
Romance, dating, romantic, love, falling in love, long-term relationships: The Acorn Gathering, The Acorn Stories, Degranon, Holding Me Together, New Readings of Winesburg, Ohio, The Return of Innocence
Science fiction, scifi, sci-fi, robots, futuristic, space colonies, time travel, doorways in space & time: Degranon
Self-help, self-improvement, standing up for yourself: Holding Me Together
Sexuality, fear of sex, driven by or oppressing sexual impulses: New Readings of Winesburg, Ohio
Sherwood Anderson, Gertrude Stein, Three Lives, Tender Buttons, Alice B. Tolklas, Walt Whitman, Theodore Dreiser, F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner: New Readings of Winesburg, Ohio
Short fiction, short stories, story cycle, interrelated tales, discussion of stories: The Acorn Gathering, The Acorn Stories, New Readings of Winesburg, Ohio
Small towns, rural life: The Acorn Gathering, The Acorn Stories, New Readings of Winesburg, Ohio
Social commentary: The Acorn Gathering, The Acorn Stories, Degranon, Holding Me Together, New Readings of Winesburg, Ohio
Teachers, teaching profession, academics: The Acorn Gathering, The Acorn Stories, Degranon, Holding Me Together, New Readings of Winesburg, Ohio, The Return of Innocence
Weight control, weight loss, weight discrimination, fat, obese, overweight, dieting, diets: The Acorn Gathering, The Acorn Stories, Degranon
West Texas football, emphasis on sports: The Acorn Stories
Winesburg, Ohio; Clyde, Ohio: New Readings of Winesburg, Ohio
Women, strong women, womyn, female empowerment, feminism, feminist, girl power: The Acorn Gathering, The Acorn Stories, Degranon, Holding Me Together, New Readings of Winesburg, Ohio, The Return of Innocence
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