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Creative Oppositions: The Poetry of Frank Bidart
Hate and love, the horrifying recognition that opposites contain each other, these are the things Bidart illuminates in flaming letters. Elizabeth Wadell considers Bidart’s Star Dust, delving into this feverish and impassioned collection. [more]
Reading Alberto Moravia’s Boredom
Scott Esposito investigates Moravia’s 1960 masterpiece, Boredom. The protagonist, Dino, can only know the outside world by owning it, yet everything Dino tries to possess slips from his grip. [more]
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Winter 2006
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Oh Pure and Radiant Heart
Gemma Bovery
Big Lonesome: Stories
Between Two Worlds
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