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Order is simply a thin, perilous condition we try to impose on the basic...
Before we go any further here, has it ever occurred to any of you that all this is simply one grand misunderstanding? Since you’re not here to learn anything, but to be taught so you can pass these...
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A review of Angels, Denis Johnson’s first novel
Angels, Denis Johnson’s 1983 début novel, begins as a small book about not very much and ends as a small book about pretty much everything. Johnson has a keen eye and keener ear for the kinds of...
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The authentic American apocalyptic novel | Harold Bloom and Blood Meridian
The Triumph of Death, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, c. 1562 Harold Bloom’s esteem for Blood Meridian may have done much to advance the novel’s reputation since its publication, especially in pre-social...
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The Complete Short Stories of J.G. Ballard (Second Riff: Stories of 1960)
PREVIOUSLY: Introductions + stories 1956-1959 IN THIS RIFF: Stories published in 1960: “The Sound-Sweep” “Zone of Terror” “Chronopolis” “The Voices of Time” “The Last World of Mr. Goddard” “The...
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