Monthly Archives: October 2011

The Luskville Reductions: another fine work from Monty Reid

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Douglas Barbour

Monty Reid. The Luskville Reductions (Brick Books 2008). Good poetry doesn’t age, so reading The Luskville Reductions now, admittedly a little late, I find it to be a superb serial poem, each page a single (anti-)lyric cry, but the whole … Continue reading →

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Sarah Thornton’s sharp as a knife ethnography of the high end art world

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Douglas Barbour

Sarah Thornton. Seven Days in the Art World (Norton 2008). Sarah Thornton introduces her exhilarating, expansive, & often disheartening ethnographic look at the art world of the early 21st century by telling readers that it ‘is a time capsule of … Continue reading →

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P.C. Hodgell’s (l)on(g)-going epic fantasy

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Douglas Barbour

P.C. Hodgell. Godstalk (Atheneum 1982). P.C. Hodgell. Dark of the Moon (Atheneum 1985). P.C. Hodgell. Seeker’s Mask (Meisha Merlin 2000). P.C. Hodgell. To Ride a Rathorn (Meisha Merlin 2006). P.C. Hodgell. Bound in Blood (Baen Books 2010). I recently found … Continue reading →

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