Jokerman 8 by Richard Melo, reading at Powell’s City of Books, Thurs. September 9, 7:30 pm; Reading Frenzy, Tues. September 14, 7 pm I’ve read a lot of books in my life, and if there’s one thing I can recognize it’s foreshadowing. Whether it’s laziness on the author’s part (something inserted during the editing process […]
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Second Time Around
A Void by Georges Perec (1969), translated by Gilbert Adair (1995) A n armchair linguist, Parisian Georges Perec (1936-1982) delighted in word games, penning (all in French) crosswords, anagrammatic poetry, and purportedly the longest palindrome in history (5000 words). Among his works of fiction, though, were a short story (“Les Revenentes”) where “e” is the […]
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Remakes are Hell
A Dumbed-Down Manchurian Candidate
The Manchurian Candidate dir. Demme Opens Fri July 30 Various Theaters War sucks, dude. There’s no Ricki Lake, never enough peanut butter, and your dick can get shot off. Even worse, the enemy might capture you and brainwash you into thinking that the unpopular coward in your platoon saved your life. This seems to be […]
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A Hole to Call Our Own
“Squirrel Bashing” Becomes “Squirrel Bash” at Gay Squirrel Refuge
FRENCHGLEN, OREGON–With a male squirrel on each shoulder and a barrel of acorns at his side, Curtis Whitney is visibly paternal. Referring to his “sons,” Whitney claims, “Victor and Julian here have been inseparable for three years now. In fact, their situation more or less inspired me to establish a refuge for gay squirrels.” Sitting […]