From the monthly archives:

February 2010

Ralph Ellison’s “Unfinished Second Novel”

02.28.2010

“[Ralph]Ellison lived in the midst of his own success and sat down to write with, one imagines, something like the weight of the literary world on his shoulders.” More @ Salt Lake Tribune.

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“Big Ideas” in Modern Literature

02.27.2010

Ras @ 317am.net offers some thoughts on the idea of “idea” and theme in fiction. Parts One & Two.
“Most of us do think of character, plot, point of view, voice, and setting before we think of ideas when beginning to work on a story. [...] But there is something about ideas that seems alien to [...]

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March Nonfiction Reviews at altruistic bullsh*t

02.27.2010

Elif Bautman’s The Possessed and David Shields’ Reality Hunger will be consumed and regurgitated into lit critic goodness here in March.  

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Two Music Reviews From Yours Truly at Okayplayer

02.27.2010

My reviews of a Wu-Tang mash-up and Canadian emcee Chokeules courtesy of Okayplayer. Synopsis: keep your billfolds closed.

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Book Review: Miles From Nowhere by Nami Mun

02.27.2010
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Review of Nami Mun’s debut novel, “Miles From Nowhere.”

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Walter Mosley, Others Win NAACP Image Awards for Literature

02.26.2010

Walter Mosley. Nikki Giovanni. Steve Harvey. Which one wouldn’t normally win a lit award of any kind? 2010 NAACP Image Award winners @ NYT.

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“Go Watch Matlock…”

02.09.2010

His rant has a DJ Premier quality to it…

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