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Critic’s Notebook: Random Thoughts on the Barbie movie

July 30, 2023July 30, 2023 driftlessareareview

Barbie is a quest narrative. Continue reading Critic’s Notebook: Random Thoughts on the Barbie movie

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Photography Fridays: L.A. Babe: The Real Women of Los Angeles 1975 – 1988, by Moshe Brakha

July 14, 2023July 12, 2023 driftlessareareview

“Paris had Brassaï. And Berlin had Newton. But Moshe had L.A., babe.” Continue reading Photography Fridays: L.A. Babe: The Real Women of Los Angeles 1975 – 1988, by Moshe Brakha

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Now on Mastodon

July 4, 2023 driftlessareareview

Hey, I’m now on Mastodon! Continue reading Now on Mastodon

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Commonplace Book: 3 Random Passages from Richard Makin Novels

June 12, 2023June 10, 2023 driftlessareareview

Bendy words heaped into bulwarks. Continue reading Commonplace Book: 3 Random Passages from Richard Makin Novels

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CRITICAL APPRAISALS: JOYCE / BECKETT // ASHBERY /// MAKIN – Part Five

June 11, 2023June 4, 2023 driftlessareareview

What Makin does in his literary projects is create meaning by both stripping down and overloading language with meaning. Continue reading CRITICAL APPRAISALS: JOYCE / BECKETT // ASHBERY /// MAKIN – Part Five

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CRITICAL APPRAISALS: JOYCE / BECKETT // ASHBERY /// MAKIN – Part Four

June 9, 2023June 4, 2023 driftlessareareview

Language is a toy, something played with, subverted, parodied, and explored. Continue reading CRITICAL APPRAISALS: JOYCE / BECKETT // ASHBERY /// MAKIN – Part Four

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CRITICAL APPRAISALS: JOYCE / BECKETT // ASHBERY /// MAKIN – Part 3

June 7, 2023June 4, 2023 driftlessareareview

Yet even an anti-novel is still a novel. Continue reading CRITICAL APPRAISALS: JOYCE / BECKETT // ASHBERY /// MAKIN – Part 3

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CRITICAL APPRAISALS: JOYCE / BECKETT // ASHBERY /// MAKIN – Part Two

June 5, 2023June 4, 2023 driftlessareareview

Both Ulysses and the Wake expose the frailties and chaos of language. Continue reading CRITICAL APPRAISALS: JOYCE / BECKETT // ASHBERY /// MAKIN – Part Two

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CRITICAL APPRAISALS: JOYCE / BECKETT // ASHBERY /// MAKIN – Part 1

June 4, 2023June 5, 2023 driftlessareareview

Richard Makin’s trilogy (Work, Dwelling, Mourning) represents a landmark achievement in (post)modern literature, one that avoids easy classification or explanation. Continue reading CRITICAL APPRAISALS: JOYCE / BECKETT // ASHBERY /// MAKIN – Part 1

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Espresso Shots: Nohow On: Company, Ill Seen Ill Said, Worstward Ho, by Samuel Beckett

May 7, 2023 driftlessareareview

Nohow On is about nothing. But like Jerry Seinfeld said, “Even nothing is something.” Continue reading Espresso Shots: Nohow On: Company, Ill Seen Ill Said, Worstward Ho, by Samuel Beckett

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