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Apr.09.2011
We Want to Do His Work Justice
This is the table in the house our parents rented in Skiathos, Greece, where our dad told us the story of THE ILIAD for the first time. He explained, to our great surprise, that Achilles was gay and Patrocles was his lover, and that was why Achilles got so angry when Patrocles was killed. I...
cara-lorello's picture
Mar.12.2011
Literary Master of Pain, thy name is Hubert
Books: Last Exit to Brooklyn, Requiem for a Dream Author: Hubert Selby Jr.  No other author can evoke the primal rages and character of human suffering like Hubert Selby Jr. His writing speaks to the heart of the toil and pains that exist in the dredges of society. Characters so raw and endearing...