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The Armies of the Night: History as a Novel, the Novel as History
04.Mar.2008
Armies of the Night
Kim Hoffman reviews
The Armies of the Night: History as a Novel, the Novel as History
by Norman Mailer
Armies of the night, The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and/or On the Campaign Trail '72 are all enduring books, capturing the 1960's period from...
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Comments from Kim

Apr.25.2008 - 4:35 pm
In response to: Alice in California
Magic in writing
Our earliest literature is intertwined with magic. I would think this would include cave paintings and petroglyphs....
Feb.28.2008 - 6:44 pm
In response to: Authors Eliminated from Publishing Process: "It was the natural evolution," says Sylvia Wiseword
State of the Art
Lest we forget, publishing is a business, and, as in many businesses, the product doesn't necessarily come first....
Feb.27.2008 - 4:23 pm
In response to: Writing Takes You Into the Unknown
Spelunking
A good metaphor. Writing can certainly be compared to tunneling. But a writer - one as accomplished as Tobias Wolff -...
Feb.27.2008 - 4:07 pm
In response to: Charles Bukowski Was The Ultimate Outsider Poet
Outsider Poetry - Charles Bukowski?
Bukowski was gifted - or lucky - in a limited way. He possessed the gift of gab, but reading his work I often feel as...
Feb.22.2008 - 6:15 pm
In response to: The Susie FAQ
Considering the role sex plays not just in our live but-
throughout the world, and most likely the universe, and if there's a God then in it's existence, how could one possibly...