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“Disinheritance” is John Sibley Williams’s rumination on death and grief. Continue reading Critical Appraisals: Disinheritance: Poems, by John Sibley Williams
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This week I continue my American Odd essay series with a look at Chicago-area artist and recluse Henry Darger. Continue reading American Odd: Henry Darger: Selected Art and Writings, by Michael Bonesteel
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Whipsawing between passages of erotic ecstasy and suicidal despair, “IRL” by Tommy “Teebs” Pico reveals itself as a monument of self-lacerating beauty. Continue reading IRL by Tommy Pico @NYJB
Ms. Müller won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2009. The Swedish Academy awarded it because her writing is imbued “with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed.” Despite the spies, surveillance, and tyranny, the Romania she presents appears like a fairy tale. Continue reading Translation Tuesdays: The Fox Was Ever the Hunter, by Herta Muller @NYJB
“For those interested in an introductory volume about the Jewish people and Israeli history, this book is highly recommended.” Continue reading Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn, by Daniel Gordis @ NYJB
Have ya paid your dues, Jack? Continue reading Commonplace Book: Jack Burton on Paying Your Dues
Captain Malcolm Reynolds has an opinion on our earthly shenanigans. Continue reading Commonplace Book: Captain Malcolm Reynolds on Short-fingered Racist Vulgarians
The Driftless Area Review 