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• Barney

  August 13, 2009

  • God put human beings on earth, Barney Simon used to say, because he likes to hear stories. I met Barney through Nicky Rebelo. During his time at university, Nicky had worked on a creative writing project. He had been in the thick of some weird shit with 32 Battalion during his army stint, and was, like most of us, dislocated by the experience. Perhaps as a result, he developed a fascination ...
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• Harold Bloom on Blood Meridian

  June 28, 2009

  • "AVC: So you think that, despite your own initial reaction to it, McCarthy is successful in the way he uses violence in the book? HB: More than successful. It’s not only the ultimate Western, the book is the ultimate dark dramatization of violence. Again, I don’t see anyone surpassing it in that regard.""AVC: The violence in Blood Meridian is uncharacteristic. It’s not ...
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• Explosive Content

  June 5, 2009

  • Short Fuses, an unstable and volatile collection of short stories, including Bliss by Patricia J DeLois, is now available on Amazon.
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