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Leaving the Atocha Station
Leaving the Atocha Station is a novel by Ben Lerner, © Coffee House Press 2011
Posted in Book Review
Tagged abstract, American experience, art, authenticity, book review, boredom, contemporary fiction, contemporary novel, emotional weight, fiction, language, living abroad, loneliness, Madrid, novel, perspective, poetry, power, reality, Spain, translation, travel, urban space, writing process
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Review Review
This is a review of reviews. Happy New Year.
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged apocalypse, awkward, death, frames, knowledge, language, loneliness, power, supernatural, violence
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1Q84
1Q84 is a novel by Haruki Murakami and translated by Jay Rubin (Books 1 & 2) and Philip Gabriel (Book 3), © Knopf 2011
The Book of Whispering in the Projection Booth
The Book of Whispering in the Projection Booth is a collection of poems by Joshua Marie Wilkinson, © Tupelo Press 2009 If you’d like a helping hand with this one, click the Tupelo Press link for a cool little Reader’s … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review
Tagged book review, collage poetry, contemporary poetry, forgetting, frames, language, loss, memory, perspective, photography, poetry, reading process
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The Last Warner Woman
The Last Warner Woman is a novel by Kei Miller, © Coffee House Press 2012
Posted in Book Review
Tagged apocalypse, book review, contemporary fiction, fiction, frames, gender, jamaica, knowledge, language, London, nihilism, novel, parables, readers, reading, reading process, religion, supernatural, warning, writers, writing, writing process
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The Captain Asks for a Show of Hands
The Captain Asks for a Show of Hands is a collection of poetry by Nick Flynn, © Graywolf Press 2011
Posted in Book Review
Tagged abu ghraib, book review, contemporary, contemporary poetry, emotional weight, knowledge, language, nick flynn, pain, perspective, poetry, testimony, violence, witness
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The Flame Alphabet
The Flame Alphabet is a novel by Ben Marcus, © Knopf 2012 Language/GPS Article Thing: Understanding Place & Space in a Digital Babel
Posted in Book Review
Tagged apocalypse, apocalypse fiction, awkward, book review, children, contemporary fiction, first person, knowledge, language, linguisitics, novel, perspective, postmodernism, reading
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Reading Ulysses
Ulysses is a novel by James Joyce. First published in Paris in 1922, it’s now in the public domain but I read the Wordsworth Classics edition published in 2010. I should note that this video is something a little different … Continue reading
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Tagged book, book review, classic literature, classics, fiction, knowledge, language, Latin, novel, perspective, reading, stream of consciousness
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