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Sasha Archibald
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A Zombie Existence: Fleur Jaeggy’s I Am the Brother of XX
Unlike clothing, which can disguise the state of the soul, a person’s eyes reveal the truth.
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In Praise of Profanity by Michael Adams
Sasha Archibald reviews In Praise of Profanity by Michael Adams today in Rumpus Books.
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Scandals of Classic Hollywood by Anne Helen Petersen
Sasha Archibald reviews Scandals of Classic Hollywood by Anne Helen Petersen today in Rumpus Books.
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Tell Me a Riddle, Requa I, and Other Works by Tillie Olsen
Sasha Archibald reviews Tillie Olsen’s TELL ME A RIDDLE, REQUA I, AND OTHER WORKS today in The Rumpus Book Reviews.
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I Await the Devil’s Coming by Mary MacLane
“One good thing about being a woman,” writes Sheila Heti in How Should a Person Be?, “is we haven’t too many examples yet of what a genius looks like.” Heti’s character is being facetious, or maybe not, it’s hard to…
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“La Boutique Obscure,” by Georges Perec
After the celebrated French writer Georges Perec began psychoanalysis in the late 1960s, he made a habit of jotting down his dreams. He perfected the ability to awake mid-dream, make a few notes, and go immediately back to sleep; he…
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“Unruly Voices,” by Mark Kingwell
In his home country of Canada, Mark Kingwell is something of a celebrity philosopher—a public intellectual who, in addition to writing many readable books and winning teaching accolades, makes frequent television appearances and has a carefully crafted jeans-and-sneakers persona. He…