casparb's reviews
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Dream of No One But Myself by David Bradford

rich & challenging but I enjoyed myself, a cartography .. 

Frenchman's Creek by Daphne du Maurier

lovely little jaunt & local as it gets for me... origin of horny 4 pirate romance. one truly excellent line on the penultimate page

The Origins of Nostalgia: Memories and Reflections by Svetlana Boym

crisis of a last chapter! wow

Deathwatch: A Play by Jean Genet, Jean Genet

genet horny

On Being Blue by William H. Gass

when i picked this up i thought it was about depression but it's more about sexual violence & smut

Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo by Mary Douglas

been a minute since I did anything committed to anthropology like this, reminded of bataille's stuff. but very nice work 

Oxota: A Short Russian Novel by Lyn Hejinian

characteristically delicious & oblique , to return to, the soviet collapse & cuban grapefruit

You Don't Have What It Takes to Be My Nemesis: And Other (Soma)tics by CAConrad

CAConrad selection±! sincerity  & dream1 

Stuff Theory: Matter in the Moment by Maurizia Boscagli

excellent; a new fav

Craft: A Guide to Making Poetry Happen in the 21st Century by Rishi Dastidar

seems to be nine arches' version of a similar book pitm did about ten years before. I like will's & joelle's & malika's contributions here but a lot of the work is going to be old ground. & shifting copies of golden shovels