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About: me

Posts by me:

  • A Girl’s Honesty Sees Her Through Adults’ Lunacy: Lenore Zion’s ‘Stupid Children’ Posted on February 27, 2013 (February 27, 2013) by me in Book Reviews
  • ‘A Great Scandal Is a Masterpiece’: Q&A with ‘Forged’ Author Jonathon Keats Posted on January 8, 2013 by me in News
  • Oh, Oh, Oh Posted on December 26, 2012 by me in Archive&Excerpts
  • Everything Pivots on the Verb: Constance Hale’s ‘Vex, Hex, Smash, Smooch’ Posted on October 19, 2012 by me in Book Reviews
  • The Sasquatch Poems Posted on August 10, 2012 (August 10, 2012) by me in Archive
  • Creatures in the Desert: ‘A Million Heavens’ by John Brandon Posted on July 16, 2012 by me in Book Reviews
  • Pauline, of Petaluma: Brian Kellow’s ‘Pauline Kael’ and ‘The Age of Movies: Selected Writings of Pauline Kael’ Posted on November 10, 2011 (November 10, 2011) by me in Book Reviews&News
  • Everything That Happens Can Be Called Aging Posted on May 24, 2011 (May 20, 2011) by me in Archive
  • Fever Dreams: Roberto Bolaño’s ‘Between Parentheses’ Posted on May 20, 2011 (May 20, 2011) by me in Book Reviews
  • Son of the General Posted on May 19, 2011 by me in Archive
  • Seth Fried’s ‘The Great Frustration’: Alternate Realities and Bloody Allegories Posted on May 18, 2011 by me in Book Reviews
  • ‘Parrot in the Oven’: An Appreciation of Victor Martinez Posted on March 15, 2011 (May 15, 2018) by me in Essays
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