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Matthew Keefer

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Newport, RI
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"Invitation to a Beheading" - Nabokov
"Notes from Underground" - Dostoe
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Admittedly not a fan of much modern fiction, I tend toward the classics, things that challenge and, at times, frustrate.
Slyvia Plath but not Arundhati Roy.
A Tale of Two Cities, but not Great Expectations.
Virginia Woolf (and Jimmy Smith, and 1/3 of Michael Cunningham).
Judgmental of people who say 50K is a novella.
Deer Hunter, Animal Farmer, Master AND Margarita, at your service.


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The End of McCarthyism aka Make America Less Weird Again, Please

In 1950, Senator Joseph McCarthy was the most feared politician in the country. His communist witchhunt destroyed the careers of dozens of politicians, actors, political enemies, and even random bystanders unexpectedly caught in his crosshairs. He was bluster and fire and left pure destruction in his wake. In 1954, Joseph Nye Welch, an attorney for the Army, grew disgusted at Senator McCarthy’s en Read more of this blog post »
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Getting a job.

Goodreads wants me to craft a longer answer. But if you're interested in writing, refer to my answer above.
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“Social media: the promise of friends at the price of friendship.”
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“How can you trust a place if you can't trust the sky?”
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“Good paperbacks are among the most valuable weapons of any society. Good hardcovers doubly so.”
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“Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges.”
Katherine Hepburn

“Social media: the promise of friends at the price of friendship.”
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“How can you trust a place if you can't trust the sky?”
Matthew Keefer, The Keeper of Dreams: A Dozen Stories and Poems

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