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Oh, Yes it Will
Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America brings us to now, the intersectionality of the historical and present.

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May 8, 20216 min read


Double Chiaroscuro: A Review of Balzac’s Lives by Peter Brooks
Double Chiaroscuro: A Review of Balzac’s Lives by Peter Brooks

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May 5, 20215 min read


A Guide and an Almanac
by John Liddy Kieran Beville opens his book with the appropriate chapter heading, “Making a Start,” and some advice from Stephen King:...

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Apr 4, 20216 min read


SO WILL THE SCRIBES
by Nicolas D. Sampson Death in Venice and Other Stories by Thomas Mann, translated by David Luke (Bantam Classics, 1988) ‘But I counsel...

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Mar 29, 202110 min read


A Candle for Her Lake-staring Mother
by John Liddy Zephyr by Mary Mullen (Salmon Poetry, 2010) On first browsing through these poems with my customary “getting to know you”...

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Mar 18, 20213 min read


Instead of a Review a Tribute to Mark Whelan
by John Liddy The Sear of Wounds by Mark Whelan (Doghouse, 2012) In my copy of Mark’s last published book, The Sear of Wounds, he wrote a...

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Mar 14, 20214 min read


Ugly Beautiful Books
by Anjanette Delgado What is it about the ugly, the scatological, that has such power to break us open? To clear our defenses and...

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Mar 12, 202111 min read


Call for Book Reviews
We are looking for thoughtful, engaging, and beautifully written book reviews of around 2000 words. Please submit your review of works of...

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Mar 7, 20211 min read
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