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August 4, 2012August 7, 2012 - Uncategorized

John Matthew Fox’s “Literary Pillars”

1. Blood Meridianby Cormac McCarthy. I once suggested this as a fixture on high school reading lists and a principal…

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August 1, 2012February 23, 2019 - Fiction, Reading, Uncategorized, Writing

Fifty Gestures of Love, in honor of William Gass.

25 now, 25 to follow, with many thanks 1) In The Odyssey, there’s Penelope’s more intimate test of this stranger…

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July 30, 2012August 1, 2012 - Uncategorized

Enter and Exit Strategies: My Literary Doors and Windows

It isn’t simply single books that have impacted my thinking, my writing, my thinking about writing, my writing about thinking,…

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July 30, 2012February 25, 2019 - Books, Reading, Uncategorized

For Big Other on William H. Gass’s Birthday

If one tried to construct the Temple of Literature from only the fifty “pillars” below, it would collapse spectacularly. Nevertheless,…

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July 30, 2012March 8, 2019 - Books, Quotes, Reading, Uncategorized

William Walsh’s “Literary Pillars”

After examining three bookshelf walls in our home—one in the living room and two in the basement (one on the…

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July 30, 2012August 1, 2019 - Books, Reading, Uncategorized, Writing

Tim Horvath’s “Literary Pillars”

The Top Five: As widely as my tastes ebb and flow, these five remain, stalwarts, five friends I want with…

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July 30, 2012August 7, 2012 - Uncategorized

Dan Wickett’s “Literary Pillars”

If this were truly an honest list, there’d be around 34 Dzanc titles and the other 16 titles would have…

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July 30, 2012August 7, 2012 - Uncategorized

Derek White’s “Literary Pillars”

1.    Battlefield Where the Moon Says I Love You—Frank Stanford 2.    My Life in the Bush of Ghosts—Amos Tutuola 3.…

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July 30, 2012August 7, 2012 - Uncategorized

Janey Smith’s “Literary Pillars”

1. AA Bronson, File Magazine, Queer Zines (with Phillip Aarons). 2. Adam Parfrey, Apocalypse Culture, The Manson File. 3. Alfred…

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July 30, 2012August 7, 2012 - Uncategorized

Davis Schneiderman’s “Literary Pillars”

In honor of William Gass’s birthday, here is a list of some of my own touchstones (at least of the…

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