Two years ago, on a balmy summer day, I wistfully meandered around The Coop bookstore in Cambridge, Massachusetts. I was in town visiting my good friend Tyler (whose blog I have to advocate as essential reading if you’re into the philosophy of religion and cultural criticism) and, as always, I was also looking for something […]
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If Death Ever Had a Voice
Last week, three people on three separate occasions told me that I absolutely must read Juan Rulfo, especially if I loved Gabriel García Márquez (which I do). I took these recommendations and stored them in one of the tertiary parts of my brain for a later date; one not so fraught with midterms and other […]
Delving into Darkness, part 2
As promised a couple of weeks ago, this week I’ll be writing about Nick Cave’s recently released second novel, The Death of Bunny Munro. While it is certainly more accessible than his debut (particularly in that the protagonist isn’t mute. Hence, dialogue!), it’s still a dark novel that isn’t for everyone. The protagonist, Bunny Munro, […]