Tag: levi asher
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Thomas Pynchon!
I’m a big fan of Thomas Pynchon. Levi Asher, at Literary Kicks, isn’t so sure, but it sounds like he’s willing to give Pynchon’s new book a try. Personally, I can’t wait to read it! Levi says, “All my friends and literary comrades and people I respect love Thomas Pynchon. I guess they find his…
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Deconstruction and Ghosts
Literary Kicks’ Levi Asher says, “I’ve spent a week surfing his works and reading the exciting biography Derrida: A Biography by Benoît Peeters (as recommended to me by a commenter to last weekend’s Derrida post). I now realize how ridiculous it is that I’ve never studied Derrida or the other deconstructionists and poststructuralists before, since they cover many of…
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Henry James Kickin’ It in New York
Above: Map of Manhattan with Henry James, Sr & Jr, The Village, Levi Asher The following is an excerpt from Fred Kaplan’s book Henry James: The Imagination of Genius… “Henry junior remembered voyages northward from New York City on the newly built Hudson River Railroad, whose construction he and his friends celebrated with frequent treks…