Author: Alex Irvine
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But What If You’re a Novelist *and* an Academic?
It’s hard enough to offer a useful explanation of a book someone else wrote. Now, according to the Telegraph, I can’t even explain myself, since apparently academic research doesn’t measure up to fiction when it comes to addressing the intractable issues of the world. What am I to do? A provocative quote, from one Tom…
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Literary Map of Maine, Sort of: A Rant
The Portland Press Herald‘s Literary Map of Maine is a pretty cool place to spend a few minutes. Sure would be nice if it included some contemporary writers who don’t write autobiographical stuff about how hard it is to grow up in Maine. Also would be nice if it included writers who live in Maine…
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This I Gotta See
If it ever happens, that is. A movie version of Midnight’s Children? With Rushdie involved? Deepa Mehta (here talking to Vulture about this and other projects), don’t let me down.
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Flights of Martians Sing Thee to Thy Rest
Phoenix has keeled over due to lack of sunlight in the Martian arctic. Bummer. By spring, it will apparently be encased in a block of dry ice. Vale, most excellent lander!
Crooked House Fictions 