Blogs
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The Last Book I Loved: The Glass Castle
The problem with reading a modern memoir is that often they suck. The influx of reality shows and confessional writing (ahem, Tori Spelling) has placed an emphasis on story and less on literary craft. This is why when I read…
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“I also have a sex partner who is starting to seem a lot like said hangnail.”
Stop fighting the anxiety. This is where we are as a people, and where most of the rest of the people on the planet have been for some time.
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The Last Book I Loved: Runaway
I came late to the Alice Munro party but now that I’m here I’m planted and staying. This book floored me—the first story, yes, good, interesting, intriguing, but it was story #2, “Chance” that handled storytelling and character and mystery…
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Swinging Modern Sounds #9: The Means of Production
Makers and consumers of music, there is no other conclusion but that the future of the medium lies in your hands.