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Jason’s 2025 Year in Books
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Jason Mashak
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September 09, 1973
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The Return of Kral Majales: Prague's International Literary Renaissance 1990-2010
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Raising Our Voices: An Anthology of Oregon Poets Against the War
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PRCHAVÉ DOMOVY: Mezi vyhnavstvím a vnitřním exilem / FLEETING HOMES: Between Banishment and Inner Exile
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"Not too long after the 2016 presidential election, a passage from Richard Rorty’s Achieving Our Country (1998) went viral on social media. Rorty, that amicable bulwark of the Old Left and purveyor of pragmatist philosophy had, so we were told, predic"
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“Jason Mashak’s SALTY AS A LIP is grounded in a voice patiently bridging the “steeples and ‘scrapers” of an inquisitive mind. The poems are at once syllogistic, hard-edged, satirical, reflective, and finally as playful as love notes. The true joy of this book is that we are deliciously engaged in a "pantomime of pleasure" which the language and imagery generously evoke.”
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“I’d say that most of these [poems in Jason Mashak's book SALTY AS A LIP] are just straightforward enough, but not entirely explainable or attributable to a single cause/effect, which makes them the kind of poems I want to read many times… “Salty as a lip” is my favorite. It’s so alive: strange and human / earthy and raw. Mysterious but grounded. Mashak has manifested paradox, it seems. Bravo!”
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“[On Jason Mashak's “I Was Trained to See Shadows”, in his poetry book SALTY AS A LIP:] A nice bit of smooth, full-bodied, surreal story telling. I like it.”
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“[On Jason Mashak's book SALTY AS A LIP, as reviewed in The Prague Post:] Mashak amalgamates various national, historical and religious traditions into a myth-mash that illuminates many sects' fanatical compartmentalizing, and the fact that so many religions and philosophies share similar goals, if not roots.”
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“Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.”
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Ivan wrote: "Hi! Thanks for friend request! Nice page, great shelf, works! Will be glad to share some tips, advices, etc in the future! Best wishes! Let the wonderful noise of the sea always sounds in your ears..."Thank you, Ivan! I did not see your message until almost 4 yrs later. How trippy is that? Best to you in the times ahead.
Hi! Thanks for friend request! Nice page, great shelf, works! Will be glad to share some tips, advices, etc in the future! Best wishes! Let the wonderful noise of the sea always sounds in your ears! (a greeting of the water dragons' hunters - my Tale Of The Rock Pieces). Let this short poem of mine be a gift for you:Let's watch the moon, let's meet the sun!
Let's hear soon the way the Deed was done!
Let's listen to the music the shiny crystals played,
let's welcome crowds of creatures good and great... from my next The Opposite Of Magic
