The most enduring literary depiction of Flynn's part of the world is probably Truman Capote's In Cold Blood – the town she comes from is a few hours drive from Holcomb, where the killings described by Capote took place – which she read "way too young".
But underneath that message, there is also a fond, amused depiction of enduring aspects of national character.
It is a neat depiction of one of Escher's enduring fascinations: the contrast between the two-dimensional flatness of a sheet of paper and the illusion of three-dimensional volume that can be created with certain marks.
The depiction of female leaders as innocents reflects enduring stereotypes about women in politics, but it can also be exploited by them.
Ten years passed; I watched "Garden State" again, and it was like paging through an old yearbook, enduring the humorless soul-searching, the emphatic quirkiness, and, in particular, such a precious depiction of New Jersey.
Its depiction of a working-class America that is unable to dream of anything beyond enduring is as sincerely sad a commentary on our culture as you'll find on stage.
Thus, your rosy depiction of the middle decades sadly would not resonate with those people struggling to survive our enduring national economic crisis.
He thought about enduring.
