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extremely dense and information/history heavy

"PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST:" constantly floored how Hong always manages to loop back into herself and her relationship to language, race, and culture. I'm struck by her brief dissection of Plath's death and was especially disturbed by her analysis of why Cha's murder went unreported. an excellent interrogation of HERSELF and the culture of "the artist"

at this point you'd think I'd KNOW to stop expecting King to have well written female leads from start to finish (not that Susie "I love you" day 3 was strong from the start) but there's something so rotten to me about punishing her for any display of agency

another amazing dissection of the justification men build themselves for violence. as mr mercedes built brady hartsfields' superiority complex, finders keepers shows you another one - effectively reminding the bradys and morrises (morrisi?) that they are not only common, but disinteresting unoriginal. reminds me of the self deluded catcher in the rye types. DALE from SPREE perhaps?