The History of Funeratic (2026)

Beloved

April 6: After a quarter century, an old Tragic Comedy discussion resurfaces. Back in 2001 when he was still in college, Scott had given an English class presentation about how the main characters in Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon map fairly well to the seven deadly sins. The professor had invited him to write it out and submit it to a catalog of critical essays, and Scott had asked fellow authors on Tragic Comedy whether it was worth his time. All four responders, themselves undergrad students at the time, had replied with encouragement. 25 years later, Scott is contacted out of the blue by college student Otto Wallin about the essay, since Otto is putting together a similar paper about Beloved and hopes to cite Scott's essay. Unfortunately, Scott has never bothered to write it, and his materials for the class presentation have been lost in a hard drive failure in 2018. But Otto and Scott discuss their mutual fondness for Morrison's writing and how well she layered Christian themes into her works, and the conversation reconnects Scott to his long-dormant love of literature.