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Whatever Happened to Saturday Night: A Review of Nobody Move (A Novel)

josephsreviews wrote 4 hours ago: A talented young writer wins the 2007 National Book Award for a serious novel about the Vietnam War. … more →

Tags: Books, Book Reviews, Fiction, nobody move, National Book Award, vietnam war, Miami Vice, ferarri

nobody move2 comments

ope wrote 4 days ago: had he wrote this instead of already dead i might have spent the last 10 years a much bigger denis j … more →

Tags: Books, california noir

Seeking in all the wrong places.

leems wrote 1 week ago: The thing I hate about library books sometimes is having to give them back. The thing that comforts … more →

Tags: ANGELS, Books, Fiction, jesus' son, Library, Resuscitation of a Hanged Man, Reviews, seek, the crying of lot 49

Tree of Smoke casts spreading shadow

proseparsed wrote 3 weeks ago: Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson shows how great writing can deliver the reader straight into the stin … more →

Tags: Books, film, History, Novel, Publishing, Review, writing, brilliance, Jim Lewis

The Facts Behind Us

leems wrote 1 month ago: I’m only halfway through all the Denis Johnson, I’m done with Seek and the Veil, leaving two to go, … more →

Tags: bikes, Book Store, Books, Bullshit, Edward Wood, The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios, War, Worshipping the Myths of World War II, Yann Martel

Nobody Move3 comments

kevin wrote 1 month ago: I guess when you win the National Book award you can afford to write a breezy 200 page noir novel f … more →

Tags: Guns, Books, criminals, nobody move, Nobody Move review

My Melancholic Baby: The Sandman + a beautiful dress for an ugly place.

leems wrote 1 month ago: So a bunch of ILLs that I had given up on all came in at once and it’s like a Denis Johnson bu … more →

Tags: New York, Books, Reviews, Highly Recommended, Debauchery, Poetry, Neil Gaiman, Douglas Adams, Graphic Novels

Tree of Smoke

Bob W. wrote 1 month ago: Caffeinated and jittery, I’ve been on a ragged Denis Johnson high the last couple of months re … more →

Tags: Literature, jesus' son, malcolm lowry, paul bowles, the sheltering sky, tree of smoke, Under The Volcano

Book Review: Nobody Move by Denis Johnson (2009)

coatesn wrote 1 month ago: Denis Johnson’s follow up to the sweeping Vietnam epic Tree of Smoke is slim in scope and spar … more →

Tags: Johnson Denis, Books, nobody move

Book Jacket Finis5 comments

sonyachung wrote 2 months ago: 17 May 2009 The book jacket for Long for This World is done.   Galleys next month.  Exciting?   Wish … more →

Tags: Long For This World, the writing life, book jackets

Nobody Move and Nobody Gets Hurt

Stefan wrote 2 months ago: Like Cormac McCarthy, Denis Johnson has become adept and depicting what it means to be a decision ma … more →

Tags: Books, Reviews, novella, nobody move, stories of violence, new denis johnson, Cormac Mccarthy

Jesus' Son

katemaruyama wrote 2 months ago: Book by Denis Johnson Annotation by Kate Maruyama Denis Johnson is a raw nerve exposed to the world, … more →

Tags: Annotation, Kate Maruyama, jesus' son

Jesus' Son

growingchocolate wrote 2 months ago: book by Denis Johnson annotation by Diane Sherlock First, issue your disclaimer. Mine is that I’m no … more →

Tags: Annotation, Diane Sherlock, jesus' son

Not Me1 comment

sonyachung wrote 3 months ago: 5 April 2009 I. A student in one of my online classes writes about Don Delillo’s “opaque … more →

Tags: the writing life, Race/Culture, Sebastian & Frederick, Teaching, Don DeLillo, James Salter, Ernest Hemingway, E.L. Doctorow, Cormac Mccarthy

English Into Arabic

Mark Athitakis wrote 4 months ago: Last fall I made a brief mention of Kalima, an effort by the United Arab Emirates to translate books … more →

Tags: Junot Diaz, Ha Jin, Edward P. Jones, Marilynne Robinson

Dream of Godless Madness: KDT’s Psychos Never Dream

sjamaanka wrote 4 months ago: “I’m kinda like Ozzy Osbourne,” says award-winning novelist, poet and playwright Denis J … more →

Tags: Theatre Reviews, Campo Santo, Dallas Theater Center, kitchen dog theatre, project-x

Copy Editing the Great American Novel1 comment

Mark Athitakis wrote 5 months ago: The Bellingham, Wa., Herald has an interesting casual Q&A with Dave Cole, a freelance editor who … more →

Writing Tips, Telephone Poles, K Mart Realism.3 comments

blogsloth wrote 5 months ago: Maxim Biller has a story about telephone poles that could teach you a thing or two about mood, or o … more →

Tags: blue things, Ezra Pound Cake, Roulette, Telephones, Writing Tips

Un peu de lecture7 comments

Miss Sunalee wrote 6 months ago: Je m’étais bien dit que je parlerais de chaque livre juste après l’avoir lu… et bi … more →

Tags: Books, Alissa York, Arbre de fumée, Brian Evenson, effigie, Ian McEwan, La confrérie des mutilés, La couronne verte, laura kasischke


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