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Ali Smith: “How to be both” and “Girl Meets Boy.”

By on April 30, 2015 in Fiction, Reading Lists

I’ve decided to add a new category to my blog called “Reading Lists” that will be dedicated to all the books I’ll read in preparation for the PhD comprehensive exams. I’ve thought it a great idea to have a blog page as a way of keeping track and checking in on myself via public posts. […]

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Amos Tutuola and “The Palm-Wine Drinkard” revisited

By on October 31, 2014 in Fiction

Recently I reread Amos Tutuola’s classic: The Palm-Wine Drinkard at the same time I was revisiting Cervantes’ Don Quixote, and was surprised to see how close, how similar the two books are. I mean, they’re both outrageous in their summations, conquests, tales of chivalry and trickery. In my opinion, they belong to the same genre […]

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