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Howard Rosierwill offer nonfiction and fiction book recommendations.
You should read as many of them as possible.
There was a thought that newspaper writing would subdue Clarice Lispectors famously knotty style like caging a tiger.
It contains everything that is wonderful and frustrating about his writing.
You might be right.
But a different tension rose and fell periodically before overtaking the book through satiation: eroticism.
Hers, for sure (Ive died and risen / from the ash of my own / hesitation.
Theyre less about environment or world-building than articulating a sensibility.
I felt amused, anxious, protective, and ultimately heartbroken by her story.
But fury: I was not expecting that.
But I couldnt, because I was waiting to see what would happen if Agnes went off the rails.
Often very funny (from Dramedy: When Im suffering I dont ask for help.
The Past is still.
