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Mcsweeney’s #16 (Summer 2005)
SOUNDTRACK: SUGAR-Beaster EP (1993). I didn’t know that Beaster, the Sugar EP was recorded at the same time as Copper Blue. Mould’s biography was very helpful in explaining all the details of the tim… more →
I Just Read About That...
Mcsweeney's #16 (Summer 2005)
wrote 1 week ago: SOUNDTRACK: SUGAR-Beaster EP (1993). I didn’t know that Beaster, the Sugar EP was recorded at the sa … more →
Bibliophile Wanted
wrote 1 month ago: Immersing myself in books. Deep in the shit of artist’s biographies. Thinking of the lives o … more →
pyrajane's review #4: Briar Rose by Robert Coover
wrote 2 months ago: I don’t know how to even begin to give a warning for this review. If you’re familiar wit … more →
Some Thoughts About Gabriel Blackwell’s Shadow Man: A Biography of Lewis Miles Archer
wrote 3 months ago: Part sophisticated pastiche: a hardboiled egg painted a pulpy purple; part metafictional play employ … more →
New Fiction Forthcoming!
wrote 3 months ago: Great news! One of my fictions, “Suspension as a Unit of Experience; or, What She Remembered o … more →
A Review of Robert Coover's "The Origin of the Brunists"
wrote 6 months ago: (An explosion in a coal mine sets into motion a series of events in the small town of West Condon. T … more →
Monday's Link Roundup.
wrote 8 months ago: In this Monday’s Link Roundup don’t miss Can a photograph be true or false? It’s a … more →
Underdog Literature, September 2012: 15 fresh or compelling, off-the-wall titles
wrote 8 months ago: . Here are 15 books that caught my interest lately. Fresh, off-beat, quirky or curious titles that m … more →
Imagining "That"
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wrote 8 months ago: One of the most troubling moments a writer or an artist faces is not being able to imagine anything … more →
Pinocchio in Venice...
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wrote 8 months ago: …is the name of the book I started reading this week. It’s by Robert Coover. It starts o … more →
Briar Rose--Robert Coover
wrote 9 months ago: Grim fairy tales. Without the extra m. Coover reimagines the story of Sleeping Beauty from the poin … more →
Robert Coover in Wales
wrote 11 months ago: I used to listen to recordings and record “spoken notes” as I went on 6-hour walks on th … more →
Forward-Thinking Dzanc Books Once Again Outthinks the So-Called Majors
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wrote 11 months ago: Robert Coover is one of the most important writers (among the many living, seemingly living, or othe … more →
Rewriting fairy tales
wrote 11 months ago: “The wicked stepmother is a staple of the popular fairy-tale tradition and arguably its most famous … more →
A Reading List to learn to Read Like a Literature Professor?
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wrote 1 year ago: This reading List is reproduced from the book How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and … more →
day 179 - the indian uprising, donald barthelme
wrote 1 year ago: the indian uprising, donald barthelme pp6 (1968) the granta book of the american short story: volum … more →
Noir
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wrote 1 year ago: After reading Pricksongs and Descants last year, I made an immediate decision to acquaint myself mor … more →
Mark Fraser: Day Three Hundred and Fifty Five - Something Sinister This Way Comes
wrote 1 year ago: Just after I finished my Scottish Literature exam at the start of the month I jumped into the uni li … more →
Day Three Hundred and Fifty Four: Something Sinister This Way Comes
wrote 1 year ago: Just after I finished my Scottish Literature exam at the start of the month I jumped into the uni li … more →
