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“Take It From a Soldier: On Kevin Powers's "Yellow Birds"”
November 11th, 2012
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“Terror and Beauty: Martin Hägglund’s "Dying for Time"”
February 5th, 2013
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"I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead." — Samuel Goldwyn... More

"Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television." —Woody Allen... More


"Mere flim-flam stories, and nothing but shams and lies." — Miguel de Cervantes... More

"The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it." — F... More