All posts by Caleb Cage

July 28th, 2011

Populist Fatalism

In his new epistolary novel, Dignity, about a new community founded in the unpaved cul-de-sacs and abandoned unfinished houses of the California desert, Ken Layne criticizes the material obsessions of contemporary capitalism. …more

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December 14th, 2009

The Truth is Out There

Wormwood, NevadaDavid Oppegaard’s novel takes readers to a fictional town in the Nevada desert, where the earthly and the otherworldly mingle. …more

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May 13th, 2009

Give Peace a Chance

Two new books call into question the future of war as we know it. …more

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February 13th, 2009

The Rumpus Interview with Don Waters

“That gorgeous cholla cactus outside the window also has horribly sharp spines. The desert is an incredibly violent environment. Plants and animals had to get mean as hell in order to survive.” …more

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Caleb Cage is a freelance writer in Reno, Nevada. He is the co-author of the book The Gods of Diyala: Transfer of Command in Iraq, about his experiences as an Army platoon leader in the country in 2004-2005. He is currently working on a project about Johnny Cash.

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