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Sonora Review DFW Tribute
by multiple authors (editors)

Sonora Review DFW Tribute
by multiple authors (editors)

Sonora Review DFW Tribute
by multiple authors (editors)

report or represent in outline; foreshadow or symbolize

5

his adumbration of this potential "VIR"--vicious infinite regress

—p.5 Editor's Introduction (4) by Michael Sheehan
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6 years, 7 months ago

his adumbration of this potential "VIR"--vicious infinite regress

—p.5 Editor's Introduction (4) by Michael Sheehan
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6 years, 7 months ago

(adjective) grotesque bizarre / characterized by clownish extravagance or absurdity / whimsically gay; frolicsome

11

In his antic narrative constructions

—p.11 The Sentence (7) by Sven Birkerts
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In his antic narrative constructions

—p.11 The Sentence (7) by Sven Birkerts
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6 years, 7 months ago

written as a series of documents: letters, diary entries, newspaper clippings and other documents

16

I also remember the typical _Harper's_ian epistolary maelstrom that commenced soon after it appeared.

on Depressed Person

—p.16 An Interview with Tom Bissell (13) by Tom Bissell
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6 years, 7 months ago

I also remember the typical _Harper's_ian epistolary maelstrom that commenced soon after it appeared.

on Depressed Person

—p.16 An Interview with Tom Bissell (13) by Tom Bissell
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6 years, 7 months ago

an ancient religious movement that has to do with duality? "an elaborate dualistic cosmology describing the struggle between a good, spiritual world of light, and an evil, material world of darkness"

17

(I still stand by that judgment, though not with nearly the same Manichean fervor)

asserting that the ETA parts of IJ aren't as good as the Don Gately parts

—p.17 An Interview with Tom Bissell (13) by Tom Bissell
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6 years, 7 months ago

(I still stand by that judgment, though not with nearly the same Manichean fervor)

asserting that the ETA parts of IJ aren't as good as the Don Gately parts

—p.17 An Interview with Tom Bissell (13) by Tom Bissell
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6 years, 7 months ago

(noun) a member of the western division of the Goths (nomadic tribes of Germanic peoples known for invading various parts of Europe)

17

I would go Visigothic on such people.

on people who sneered at DFW

—p.17 An Interview with Tom Bissell (13) by Tom Bissell
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6 years, 7 months ago

I would go Visigothic on such people.

on people who sneered at DFW

—p.17 An Interview with Tom Bissell (13) by Tom Bissell
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6 years, 7 months ago

(noun) an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose

28

the small coterie of devoted David Foster Wallace obsessives from that period

—p.28 Heading Westward (28) by Marshall Boswell
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6 years, 7 months ago

the small coterie of devoted David Foster Wallace obsessives from that period

—p.28 Heading Westward (28) by Marshall Boswell
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6 years, 7 months ago

(noun) brilliance, panache, quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous

28

they are properly dazzled by its mixture of high-tech literariness, pop-culture savvy, and story-telling brio

on GCH

—p.28 Heading Westward (28) by Marshall Boswell
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6 years, 7 months ago

they are properly dazzled by its mixture of high-tech literariness, pop-culture savvy, and story-telling brio

on GCH

—p.28 Heading Westward (28) by Marshall Boswell
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6 years, 7 months ago

(noun) offense or annoyance

29

took similar umbrage in the pages of Harper's

I keep thinking this means shade lol

—p.29 Heading Westward (28) by Marshall Boswell
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6 years, 7 months ago

took similar umbrage in the pages of Harper's

I keep thinking this means shade lol

—p.29 Heading Westward (28) by Marshall Boswell
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6 years, 7 months ago

soon; shortly

29

the piece is set in a writing workshop, about which more anon

on Westward

—p.29 Heading Westward (28) by Marshall Boswell
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6 years, 7 months ago

the piece is set in a writing workshop, about which more anon

on Westward

—p.29 Heading Westward (28) by Marshall Boswell
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6 years, 7 months ago

the study of signs and symbols and their use or interpretation (adj: semiotic)

30

Though the Dirty Realists had been referencing pop culture artifacts for years, their approach was primarily in the form of semiotic shorthand.

—p.30 Heading Westward (28) by Marshall Boswell
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6 years, 7 months ago

Though the Dirty Realists had been referencing pop culture artifacts for years, their approach was primarily in the form of semiotic shorthand.

—p.30 Heading Westward (28) by Marshall Boswell
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6 years, 7 months ago