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SHORT, SMART, FUN, BAFFLING: An Interview with Brian Allen Carr

SHORT, SMART, FUN, BAFFLING: An Interview with Brian Allen Carr

December 1, 2023  ·  Interviews & Reviews
It’s infuriating to watch my peer group become less intelligent and more certain as time winds on. It’s supposed to go the other way. The more reality you experience, the less certain you should be. 
CRJ

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XRAY SPECS: Chafed Elbows (1966)

XRAY SPECS: Chafed Elbows (1966)

November 24, 2023  ·  Interviews & Reviews
Isn’t that what every artist wants? To do the thing in the way they want to do it and have everyone they care about want that for them, too? 
CRJ

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LIFE AND ALL OF ITS VIOLENCE: An Interview with Alex Kazemi

LIFE AND ALL OF ITS VIOLENCE: An Interview with Alex Kazemi

November 17, 2023  ·  Interviews & Reviews
A shocked reaction to this work really just makes my point about why I wrote this novel. It’s all so obvious, and I’m bored to death.
CRJ

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HIS FATE AS AN ARTIST: A Review of Uzodinma Okehi’s HOUSE OF HUNGER

HIS FATE AS AN ARTIST: A Review of Uzodinma Okehi’s HOUSE OF HUNGER

November 10, 2023  ·  Interviews & Reviews
I find that autofiction writers tend to have great senses of humor, because without one they’d be too horrified to tell the truth.
CRJ

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THAT IDEAL READER IS ME: An Interview with Andrew Weatherhead

THAT IDEAL READER IS ME: An Interview with Andrew Weatherhead

November 3, 2023  ·  Interviews & Reviews
You wouldn’t go back in time, but you would stay forever in the present moment. At least that’s how the dream went.
CRJ

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ACTUALITY IN ACTUALITY: An Interview with Chase Griffin

ACTUALITY IN ACTUALITY: An Interview with Chase Griffin

October 27, 2023  ·  Interviews & Reviews
Christina was the John Swartzwelder and Kurt Vonnegut of this book – all of the funniest scenes and lines with the best comedic timing are hers.
CRJ

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XRAY SPECS: Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker

XRAY SPECS: Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker

October 20, 2023  ·  Interviews & Reviews
This film is a Freudian’s dream. The way Cheryl constantly offers him milk isn’t exactly subtle.
CRJ

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I WROTE IT ONLY FOR YOU: An Interview with Joshua Mohr

I WROTE IT ONLY FOR YOU: An Interview with Joshua Mohr

October 13, 2023  ·  Interviews & Reviews
At its essence, this story is about existential amnesia. What do we need to remember? What do we want to remember? And what’s the difference between them?
CRJ

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AN EERILY RECURRENT CREDENZA: An Essay on APPARITIONS OF THE LIVING by Dave Fitzgerald

AN EERILY RECURRENT CREDENZA: An Essay on APPARITIONS OF THE LIVING by Dave Fitzgerald

October 6, 2023  ·  Interviews & Reviews
No matter how much paper we push around in this life, or the next, or inside the crumbling filing systems of our own minds, the termites are coming for us all.
CRJ

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SEX IS SECONDARY: An Interview with Matthew Binder

SEX IS SECONDARY: An Interview with Matthew Binder

September 29, 2023  ·  Interviews & Reviews
In retrospect, it’s obvious to me that I’m writing about my desire to feel a part of something greater than myself. I know that’s an impossibility, however.
CRJ

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