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Day: October 25, 2006

Mark Z. Danielewski Broke My Heart

Jamelah Earle October 25, 2006 4 Comments

I recently read the critics’ darling and National Book Award finalist Only Revolutions by Mark Z. Danielewski, and let me be up front with you, Internet: I hate this book. Whew. That felt good. And now that I’ve gotten it out of the way, I can move on and explain … Read the rest

What I Won’t Be Reading

Levi Asher aka Marc Eliot Stein October 25, 2006 14 Comments

Unlike many undeniably smart people I know, I won’t be reading Thomas Pynchon’s newest presumed masterpiece, Against The Day, advance copies of which have postmodernists around the globe buzzing with anticipation (the official pub-date is November 21).

I should love Thomas Pynchon. He’s a smart-ass linguistic wizard with a … Read the rest

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Day: October 25, 2006

Mark Z. Danielewski Broke My Heart

What I Won’t Be Reading

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