Wednesday, November 26, 2008

TONI MORRISON GETS A BLACK KISS

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In this coming Sunday's New York Times Book Review (November 30) Newsweek hack David Gates gives Toni Morrison's new novel A MERCY a...
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Friday, November 21, 2008

COLLAGE AGAINST FUTILITY: thinking of SHALAMOV, PINON, DONOGHUE, JUNGER

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A collage to help me forget the futility of writing since each day is spent, hour by hour, consciously trying to forget that writing is futi...
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Wednesday, November 5, 2008

CHRIST VERSUS ARIZONA by CAMILO JOSE CELA: the perfect book for this moment or any moment

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For the last year or so, midst other readings and writings, I have been reading CHRIST VERSUS ARIZONA by Camilo Jose Cela (Dalkey Archive). ...
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Monday, October 27, 2008

TRANQUILITY or a book to buy right now

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http://www.latimes.com/features/books/la-ca-attila-bartis26-2008oct26,0,1679894.story From the Los Angeles Times BOOK REVIEW 'Tranquilit...
Thursday, October 16, 2008

2666 BY ROBERTO BOLANO, TRUE CRIME and TRANQUILITY: some hints for reading now

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bbbbb 2666 By Roberto Bolano has landed and will be making its way into bookstores. It probably should have come with stickers: ONLY TO B...
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008

J.M.G. LECLEZIO: Getting older sometimes just means getting older

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t Let's not kid ourselves into thinking literary prizes are meaningful. They are a real pain in the ass. You will have seen the film ...
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Tuesday, October 7, 2008

AIDAN HIGGINS: How His Writing Died

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THIS IS A MODEL FOR HOW TO READ I was asked by Cornelius Anthony Murphy (Assoc Prof)--- as it is listed on his e-mail---to write about ...
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