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Tag: avant-garde

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GlassHouse by Louis Armand

July 6, 2021July 5, 2021 driftlessareareview

GlassHouse is a neo-noir phantasmorgia, Faulknerian and Lynchian by turns, written by a scholar of James Joyce and the avant-garde. Continue reading GlassHouse by Louis Armand

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Last Look by Charles Burns @ NYJB

January 10, 2017January 10, 2017 driftlessareareview

“Last Look” is a cold indictment of pretentious frauds yet an intimate exploration of fear, regret, and failure. Continue reading Last Look by Charles Burns @ NYJB

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Translation Tuesdays: H, by Philippe Sollers

November 17, 2015November 15, 2015 driftlessareareview

Along with “Ulysses” and Beckett’s “Three Novels,” “H” can take its place in the permanent avant-garde. Continue reading Translation Tuesdays: H, by Philippe Sollers

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American Odd: The Cremaster Cycle by Matthew Barney

June 12, 2015April 17, 2020 driftlessareareview

This week for American Odd I write about The Cremaster Cycle by Matthew Barney. Continue reading American Odd: The Cremaster Cycle by Matthew Barney

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