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The Cantos by Ezra Pound, A Critical Appraisal

I: The Mount Everest of Modernism “It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.” – Sir Edmund Hillary The Cantos.  Ezra Pound.  The very mention of those names send shudders down even the most...

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Bones Beneath Our Feet by Michael Schein

Subtitled “A Historical Novel of Puget Sound,” Michael Schein’s Bones Beneath Our Feet tells us the story of two men, Isaac Stevens, Mexican-American War veteran and first governor of Washington...

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CCLaP Fridays: The Duke Don’t Dance, by Richard Sharp

This week, I review Richard Sharp’s novel “The Duke Don’t Dance,” tracing several friends across decades and continents from the jungles of Southeast Asia to a DC lobbying firm and beyond. The novel...

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CCLaP Fridays: On Being Human: Wraeththu, by Storm Constantine

This week I explore Storm Constantine’s trilogy Wraeththu, about a hermaphroditic human species that overtakes humanity during a postapocalyptic catastrophe.

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The R. Douglas Jacobs Interview

Via I recently reviewed the epic poem Gethsemane: a Poem About Us, by R. Douglas Jacobs. We discussed the creativity, sacrifice, and the epic. One doesn’t often see epic poems. Can you tell us about...

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CCLaP Fridays: The Great Ordeal (The Aspect Emperor: Book Three), by R. Scott...

Thought experiment: George R. R. Martin is The Beatles. R. Scott Bakker is The Velvet Underground. Advertisements (function(){var c=function(){var...

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