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A Review of Sanjeev Sethi’s Hesitancies
Sethi shows us the uses of poetry; He also moulds his craft to articulate the wise, rare yet universal verities of life.
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Sep 27, 20213 min read
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Lonely Ghosts: Absence as Somethingness in the Works of Viet Thanh Nguyen
To see oneself only as a victim simplifies power and excuses the victim from the obligations of ethical behavior in politics, warfare...
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Sep 23, 202117 min read
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Blurring the Line between Fiction and Reality: On Andrew Palmer’s The Bachelor
You’re willing to go with Palmer’s narrator on his existential quest, and entertain his lofty meta-critiques on contemporary culture.
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Aug 21, 20216 min read
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The English Professor Who Linked Literature to World Politics
Brennan is convincing in his rendering of a self-critical intellectual who opened the world’s mind to the impact of language and art.
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Jul 4, 20215 min read
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Prologue to Someone's Always Watching You
It must be said from the outset that Mac Aogáin’s writing is beyond classification.
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Jun 6, 20215 min read
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Oh, Yes it Will
Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America brings us to now, the intersectionality of the historical and present.
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May 8, 20216 min read
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Double Chiaroscuro: A Review of Balzac’s Lives by Peter Brooks
Double Chiaroscuro: A Review of Balzac’s Lives by Peter Brooks
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May 5, 20215 min read
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A Guide and an Almanac
by John Liddy Kieran Beville opens his book with the appropriate chapter heading, “Making a Start,” and some advice from Stephen King:...
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Apr 4, 20216 min read
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SO WILL THE SCRIBES
by Nicolas D. Sampson Death in Venice and Other Stories by Thomas Mann, translated by David Luke (Bantam Classics, 1988) ‘But I counsel...
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Mar 29, 202110 min read
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A Candle for Her Lake-staring Mother
by John Liddy Zephyr by Mary Mullen (Salmon Poetry, 2010) On first browsing through these poems with my customary “getting to know you”...
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Mar 18, 20213 min read
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Instead of a Review a Tribute to Mark Whelan
by John Liddy The Sear of Wounds by Mark Whelan (Doghouse, 2012) In my copy of Mark’s last published book, The Sear of Wounds, he wrote a...
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Mar 14, 20214 min read
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Ugly Beautiful Books
by Anjanette Delgado What is it about the ugly, the scatological, that has such power to break us open? To clear our defenses and...
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Mar 12, 202111 min read
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Call for Book Reviews
We are looking for thoughtful, engaging, and beautifully written book reviews of around 2000 words. Please submit your review of works of...
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Mar 7, 20211 min read
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