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My review of Michael Robert Liska’s debut novel Alice or The Wild Girl
My review of Michael Robert Liska’s debut novel Alice or The Wild Girl has been published in Greg Gerke’s outstanding literary journal, Socrates on the…
Nov 5, 2025
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I Would Love to Love You
(A selection of responses from my annals of online dating)
Sep 24, 2025
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A Review of A. V. Marraccini’s 'We the Parasites': Thinking About Integrity
Apropos of my essay on the possible paths for literary criticism
Aug 12, 2025
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Glass Century by Ross Barkan
Ross Barkan's new novel, Glass Century, is not just a novel about New York City—sprawling, relentless, multi-vocal, and haunted by the past as well as…
Jul 14, 2025
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Sophie Madeline Dess’s What You Make of Me
In this post, I review Sophie Madeline Dess’s What You Make of Me--yes, she is my daughter
Jun 4, 2025
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Sex and Submission: The Sexual Conservatism of Sally Rooney
An examination of Sally Rooney's sexual metaphysics
Mar 20, 2025
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The Revelation
The fourth of six psychologically complex graphic erotic moral tales.
Oct 6, 2024
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The Boyfriend
The third of six psychologically complex graphic erotic moral tales based loosely (very loosely) on Oulipian principles
Aug 10, 2024
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The Affair
The second of six psychologically complex graphic erotic moral tales
Jul 30, 2024
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The Housekeeper
The first of six psychologically complex graphic erotic moral tales
May 22, 2024
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My Struggle for Meaning
These creations occupy a liminal space between sense and non-sense. The lines have been randomly culled from social media. The juxtapositions are both…
Apr 4, 2024
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On the Possibility of ‘Late Love’
A review of Peter Stamm's new novel: 'The Archive of Feelings'
Jan 21, 2024
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Patrick Modiano: Haunted by Memories
“Memory is already a story, and when there are gaps in memory, new stories must be confabulated to fill in the holes.” — Mark Fisher
Dec 18, 2023
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All the Light We Cannot See
The Netflix series that transformed Anthony Doerr's novel into a "schmaltzy incoherent mess" premiered on November 2
Nov 18, 2023
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