HORN! REVIEWS: Pretentiousness: Why It Matters
We level charges of pretension at what violates our tribal sense of normality…
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Posts Tagged: HORN! reviews
HORN! REVIEWS: The Turn of the Screw
HORN! brings us an illustrated review of Henry James’s Turn of the Screw.
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HORN! REVIEWS: Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink
To those who would fault the author for his digressions: Do you also complain of too many bubbles in your champagne?
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HORN! REVIEWS: Jamaica Inn
It took Hitchcock and a team of writers to manage it, but this novel is unkillable.
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HORN! REVIEWS: Upright Beasts
In stories ranging from the naturalistic to the allegorical, Michel’s characters light out for the territory—or else they burrow further in.
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HORN! REVIEWS: Wild Seed
…what unfolds is a fantasia on sex, race, murder, and slavery—the DNA of America.
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HORN! REVIEWS: Between the World and Me
For people who believe themselves white it pays dividends to live in the dream.
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HORN! REVIEWS: Maggie: a Girl of the Streets
Self-published and not-purchased, this Crane simultaneously trolling and mastering the social novel genre.
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HORN! REVIEWS: Haints Stay
…when you put down the book (with relief) the killing doesn’t stop and likely never will.
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HORN! REVIEWS: Woodcutters
It’s a longer, Austrian “Positively 4th Street”…
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HORN! REVIEWS: The First Bad Man
Cheryl Glickman has a system for maintaining a low-friction life. When she trades total control for knowledge, the soap bubble pops…
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HORN! REVIEWS: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Another wonderful illustrated review from HORN!
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HORN! REVIEWS: The Smartest Book in the World
Another wonderful illustrated review from HORN!
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HORN! REVIEWS: We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Between the practiced cruelty of the village, and the airlessness of the moon, Connie is Merricat’s idol and her loyal prisoner…
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HORN! REVIEWS: Sidewalks
Another amazing illustrated book review from Horn!
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HORN! REVIEWS: The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
Another wonderful illustrated review from HORN!
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HORN! REVIEWS: Against Football
It’s Ronald Reagan’s dream: A taxpayer-funded monopoly run by a bunch of assholes.
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HORN! REVIEWS: Crystal Eaters
Another wonderful illustrated review from HORN!
...moreDon’t Miss Horn!, Tomorrow in Portland
If you’re in Portland tomorrow, come celebrate the release of Rumpus columnist Kevin Thomas’s new book, Horn! The Collected Reviews. Kevin will be reading from the collection and signing your copies at Reading Frenzy at 7 p.m. RSVP and get all the details here.
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HORN! REVIEWS: Reading Style: A Life in Sentences
Another wonderful illustrated review from HORN!
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We’re getting ready to send out the next Letter in the Mail, and this one is not to be missed. It comes from our own Kevin Thomas, the creator of those amazing HORN! illustrated book reviews! Hurting after the death of his dog Mo-Bear, Kevin writes and draws about Mo’s life and sickness. It’s beautiful, and […]
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HORN! REVIEWS: Forest of Fortune
Thunderclap Casino is built on luck, but nothing happens there by chance.
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HORN! REVIEWS: Redeployment
Another great illustrated book review from Horn!
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HORN! REVIEWS: An Untamed State
The most powerful writing comes in the aftermath of captivity.
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HORN! REVIEWS: Nine Inches
Another wonderful illustrated review from HORN!
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HORN! REVIEWS: The Empathy Exams
Trails of grief and confinement, environmental trauma, and systemized suffering…
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HORN! REVIEWS: A Tale for the Time Being
Another wonderful illustrated review from HORN!
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HORN! REVIEWS: The Goldfinch
Antiquers and art thieves alike can recognize a fraud…
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HORN! REVIEWS: Traveling Sprinkler
Another wonderful illustrated review from HORN!
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HORN! REVIEWS: EarthBound
“Earthbound is a game of nostalgia…”
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