Tag: Writing
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Discussed: Jarrett Kobek, Soft & Cuddly; Charlotte Reber, Dragon Age II In the last four days, I have spent something like 15 hours playing Baldur’s Gate III. This anecdote is… more ›
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I suspect that at some point in the next 18 months, the majority of the email in my inbox will be from imaginary people asking me to give money to… more ›
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With apologies to Refused, sometimes the classics don’t go out of style Émile Zola (translated by Elinor Dorday), La Débâcle We all have gaps in our reading history. In the… more ›
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There’s a good piece of advice I’ve seen shared a lot over the years, and it boils down to a very simple act: if you like a piece of art… more ›
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Thoughts on two (or five) books and a general update Cesare Pavese, The Selected Works of Cesare Pavese (translated by R. W. Flint) Sometimes the internet is good. I was… more ›
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It began with a podcast. Specifically, an episode of Reading Writers in which guest Nicholas Russell discussed several authors of uncanny fiction whose work he admired. One of them was… more ›
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tk I heard you like capsule reviews? Here are some capsule reviews. The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett Years ago, I picked up an early novel by Robert Jackson… more ›
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Once more, I’ve written a strange seasonal yarn for Jon Solomon’s 25-Hour Holiday Radio Show. Here we were, 76 miles from the end of the Parkway. A clear night on… more ›
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thoughts on two very unsettling books featuring many, many bugs Joe Koch, Invaginies Some years ago, during a point in time when I was listening to a lot of The… more ›
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