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Fiction Is Supposed to Be Entertaining by Nick
05/21/12 14:10 , Categories: Nick Outside of work I often find myself in the enviable position of recommending a book or author only to be on the receiving end of some very unenviable responses. I’ll push McCarthy’s Blood Meridian on any unsuspecting stranger at a bus stop. Pynchon’s G… more »
The Game, The Wire, and Gritty Mysteries by Nick
05/07/12 13:10 , Categories: Nick I don’t think any HBO original series has aged quite as well as The Wire. Just thinking out loud here…Four years after the finale, universities across the country, Ivy League universities, are updating their course catalogues with classes dedicated to u… more »
The Devil All the Time: Hillbilly Noir by Nick
04/18/12 16:05 , Categories: Nick I love reading the gothic, particularly the southern variety. When I first began reading novels written in this tradition, many of them didn't seem to have many dimensions. The characters and narrative appeared to lean a little too hard on Flannery O’Co… more »
Prose and Boyhood by Nick
03/06/12 15:12 , Categories: Nick It’s tempting to label We the Animals a novella with its language resembling the best of what flash fiction can do: rollicking, lyrical prose, scenes stitched together like snippets of memories, sentences so full of heart they seem to pulsate on the pag… more »