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Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma
by Claire Dederer
July 24, 2023 - July 25, 2023 (read, film-criticism, literary-criticism)

Dederer, C. (2023). Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma. Knopf.


Knopf, 2023. 257 pages. Hardcover. 9780525655114

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p.235
asperities »
(noun) rigor severity / (noun) roughness of surfa…
p.166
palaver »
(noun) a long parley usually between persons of d…
p.139
Klieg light »
an intense carbon arc lamp especially used in fil…
p.114
weft »
(noun) a filling thread or yarn in weaving / (nou…
p.67
empyrean »
(adjective) empyreal / (noun) the highest heaven …
p.257
there is no democracy in any love relation
In her haunting little book Love’s Work, the Brit…
p.255
what do we do about the terrible people we love?
We’ve all loved terrible people. How do I know th…
p.242
the way you consume art
In other words: There is not some correct answer.…
p.235
see things from the monster’s point of view
Recovery, as a way of living, makes you see thing…
p.234
more than the worst thing we’ve ever done
All those years I had chimed to Raymond Carver as…