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Rimbaud’s Last Revelation

by Alfred Corn Book Reviews
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Ashbery’s translation is the best we have in English so far.

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Tom Sleigh, Anthropologist

by Micah Towery Book Reviews
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Formality, in this case, allows Sleigh to achieve a reflexivity and self-awareness without the cloying injections that deliberately remind the reader of the existence of the poet.

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A Beautifully Scrambled Egg

by Brooks Lampe Aesthetics
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Mathews is just talking about how to cook eggs. He’s paying really close attention to both the delicate things eggs are the delicate process of cooking them. What for? Because it’s frickin’ awesome. Shut up and enjoy the eggs.

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