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This group generally attracts those interested in writers and writing somewhat outside the mainstream, writing that experiments with the language and/or does not shy away from difficult topics/truths. We have a keen interest in discussing current trends in narrative, exploring works from some of the hottest small presses (and the big ones, too,...more »
  • Category: General | Started Sunday, July 1 2007
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mmolino54 started this topic 3 days ago

Original source: http://www.standpointmag.co.uk./node/390/full...
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mmolino54 started this topic 3 days ago

I was thinking about the many different reasons, I tend to like fiction that is a little edgey or experimental. Sometimes, it's sheerly the technique or prose,...
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mmolino54 posted to this topic 4 days ago

What is the role of depression and writing? Why do so many great authors suffer from it (Plath, Styron, Andersen, Balzac, Faulkner, Fitzgerald, Mark Twain, Joseph...
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uplandpoet posted to this topic 6 days ago

The character of howard roark is just fantastic. I liked it so much.
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mmolino54 started this topic 8 days ago

I just started seeing this type of marketing approach like a year ago or so, but just last week McSweeney's sent me one by e-mail:...
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apokalypsis posted to this topic Monday, July 7 2008

These can be short stories you felt redefined the genre or just ones that left a lasting impression. Two of my favorites are Borges's "The Circular Ruins" (which...
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ordovician posted to this topic Thursday, July 3 2008

So i recently read a book that I've, uh, kind of become obsessed with: William Gibson's Neuromancer. I did something with this book I've rarely, rarely ever done...
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mmolino54 posted to this topic Wednesday, July 2 2008

Came across this article on the Boston Globe website today and thought it brought up some interesting issues in terms of literary studies/criticism as a field of...
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mmolino54 posted to this topic Tuesday, July 1 2008

Do you have favorite book cover designs? If so, which ones? Have you ever bought a book solely for it's cover? Has a cover ever stopped you from buying a book you...
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mmolino54 posted to this topic Tuesday, July 1 2008

Don't worry if it's mainstream or whatever, just say why it was unusual for you and, if you feel inspired, make a comment or two or three about it...

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