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Joanna Scott on David Markson’s late books at The Nation.
An attempt to point out who owns who in the American publishing landscape.
A fine post by Waggish on difficulty in reading and music, with some reference to Steven Moore but mostly to Milton Babbitt.
A useful breakdown of the works of John Cowper Powys; and John Yau on Christopher Middleton.
There’s probably something to be said for this Chris Fujiwara essay on cinema and the problem of the contemporary; this seems like an argument that could be expanded beyond that medium.
And Triple Canopy is putting on Forms of Crisis with Joseph McElroy and Harry Mathews on Thursday October 21; unfortunately, I’ll be in L.A.

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