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Your Next Beach Read: Jacob M. Appel, author of “Surrendering Appomattox”
Originally posted on Your Next Beach Read: In Your Next Beach Read, we want to introduce you to a new author every day in June in the hopes that you’ll find the next book you want to take with you to the beach, the pool, or the comforts of air conditioning. Today’s author is Jacob… Continue reading
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Your Next Beach Read: Rie Anders, author of On Island
Originally posted on Your Next Beach Read: In Your Next Beach Read, we want to introduce you to a new author every day in June in the hopes that you’ll find the next book you want to take with you to the beach, the pool, or the comforts of air conditioning. Today’s author is Rie… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #265: The Professional: Golgo 13
The Professional: Golgo 13 Sex & Violence: The Motion Picture I was on a James Bond kick around the same time I started getting into state of the art Japanese animation. Naturally, I wanted these two interests to converge in the form of an anime that resembled a Bond film. Eventually, I would discover Lupin the… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #88: Olivia Laing’s Crudo
Buzzed Books #88 by Drew Barth Olivia Laing’s Crudo Identity is nebulous. Namely in how we perceive ourselves in terms of the work we create and how it is visible to others. In terms of Olivia Laing’s Crudo, her work with identity ties directly into the work and life of another author: Kathy Acker. We… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #80: Jason Heller’s Strange Stars
Buzzed Books #80 by Drew Barth Jason Heller’s Strange Stars Stars, man. Also, Starman. We can bring in the 70s music scene with the crippling depression of the Altamont Free Concert, or with a blast of cosmic literature radiation that would seep its way into popular culture throughout the decade. And this explosion of new… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #74: The Only Harmless Great Thing
Buzzed Books #74 by Drew Barth Brooke Bolander’s The Only Harmless Great Thing There aren’t that many books I’ve read that include exploding elephants. There are even fewer books that include exploding elephants that have an emotional impact that hits with the force of an exploding elephant. And yet here we are. The elephant in… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #234: A Death Wish Addendum
The Curator of Schlock #234 Kersey vs. Kersey (A Death Wish Addendum) Here we are again. I had a request from my editor last week to compare Charles Bronson’s performance in the original Death Wish to Bruce Willis’s in the remake. My initial reaction was “Charles Bronson gave a performance in the original Death Wish?”… Continue reading
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