Tag Archives: John Lyons

updike: small appliances of civilization

Posted on November 24, 2012 by Dave

…”They were just people, members of the race of white anmals…Highly neural, brachycephalic, unquely able to oppose their thumbs to the four other digits, they bred with elegant settlements, and both burned and interred their dead.” They were the people … Continue reading →

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blank pages: writing something deep inside

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Dave

In J.D. Salinger’s work, persons and objects, even when they are part of the commonplace, assumed a certain glow that could not be conveyes in lengthy quotations out of context. It is this quality that most strongly linked Salinger to … Continue reading →

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