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<i>His Family</i>: One Last Post
Before we let Poole go, I did want to note that there were flashes, in the book, of excellent writing, mostly in the dialogue. Poole has a horrible tendency towards speechifying, but when his characte… more →
We Came Along with a Hammer
His Family: One Last Post
wrote 4 years ago: Before we let Poole go, I did want to note that there were flashes, in the book, of excellent writin … more →
His Family: School Days
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wrote 4 years ago: With the mad city growing so fast, and the people of the tenements breeding, breeding, breeding, and … more →
On Poole's Style
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wrote 4 years ago: I have to say I was less bothered by the open racism and prudishness of some passages of the book as … more →
His Family: Characters, Tone, and Other Notes
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wrote 4 years ago: All I have to say about these characters is this: poor slight things, to bear the weight of all thos … more →
His Family: Take One
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wrote 4 years ago: Some other time I’ll have a post about Poole’s style, but writing the summary helped me … more →
His Family: Summary
wrote 4 years ago: So, a summary of His Family. And so we begin. I feel like there should be chimes. Or theme music of … more →
Now that's journalism.
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wrote 4 years ago: I’m about halfway through His Family, and it occurred to me to check the New York Times archiv … more →
