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February 4, 2021February 23, 2021 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Robert Coover on Writing, Reading, and More

  Happy birthday, Robert Coover! 89, today, and still kicking fiction’s keister! Here are some quotes from a writer whose…

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February 4, 2020July 27, 2020 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Robert Coover on Writing, Reading, and More

  Happy birthday, Robert Coover! 88, today, and still kicking fiction’s keister! Here are some quotes from a writer whose…

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February 4, 2019April 4, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Fiction, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“In its profanity, fiction sanctifies life.”

Happy birthday, Robert Coover! 87, today, and still kicking fiction’s keister! Here are some quotes from a writer whose densely…

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January 21, 2016February 20, 2016 - Uncategorized

A David Bowie of Literature?

Is there a David Bowie of literature?—such an asinine question, as dumb as asking, “Is there a Virginia Woolf of…

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February 11, 2013February 11, 2013 - Uncategorized

Some Thoughts About Gabriel Blackwell’s Shadow Man: A Biography of Lewis Miles Archer

May 29, 2012May 29, 2012 - Uncategorized

Forward-Thinking Dzanc Books Once Again Outthinks the So-Called Majors

Robert Coover is one of the most important writers (among the many living, seemingly living, or otherwise writers), his work…

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October 17, 2011October 13, 2011 - Uncategorized

I Shot the Moon, Calamari Press, 29 / 41, 3RD BED [5]

Click through to read the full review of 3RD BED [5], the twenty-ninth in this full-press review of Calamari books.

March 2, 2011March 2, 2011 - Uncategorized

Adoration of the Mage

April 24, 2010 - Uncategorized

Partial Thoughts for a Partial Wolf

I received my copy of Matt Bell’s Wolf Parts yesterday. Read it last night. It made me want to say…

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March 12, 2010 - Uncategorized

Robert Coover’s New Novel

I just finished reading Robert Coover’s Noir, and it’s excellent. It’s another of his metafictional takes on the mystery genre.…

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