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Nick Calabrese
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Loved The Pedersen Kid. Claustrophobic and painful and felt like the worst days of having a family except that it was their everyday. Everything about it was surprising. Mrs. Mean, however, not my favorite. Beautiful language for its own sake, which is valid, but I don’t personally find myself responding to it often.
— Dec 15, 2025 12:51PM
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Nick Calabrese
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That thing William Gass does where it’s so good and so incredibly negative. Beginning in the house and the little things the mother can’t bear like swearing when everything else is much worse and when she’s shaking trying to measure flour. I like the style of The Pedersen Kid more than some other Gass I’ve checked out. The language is beautiful without being distracting. Less try hardy.
— Dec 10, 2025 04:32PM
