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By: Birmingham Verse » Blog Archive » Faust by Opera Birmingham

Birmingham Verse » Blog Archive » Faust by Opera Birmingham — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 01:34:39 +0000

[...] “Did any human anytime ever just say what he or she meant? What would happen if we did?” [...]

By: PrettyFakes » Blog Archive » Pretty Fakes Book Club: The Endening.

PrettyFakes » Blog Archive » Pretty Fakes Book Club: The Endening. — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 15:56:08 +0000

[...] king about it. We’ll do it again. Previous entries: –Prof. Fury examines the Summer Passage in Jujitsu for Christ –Prof. Fury compares Jack Butler to a cross between “Thomas Pyncho [...]

By: PrettyFakes » Blog Archive » Jujitsu for Christ: Leon and the Blackhawks.

Wed, 29 Mar 2006 20:26:27 +0000

[...] a history by Mark Waid published in Secret Origins #45, 1989. Previous posts discussed the Summer Passage in Jujitsu, the start of the PF book club featuring Jujitsu for Christ, and a kickoff of the discus [...]

By: PrettyFakes » Blog Archive » Book Club Kickoff: Jujitsu for Christ

PrettyFakes » Blog Archive » Book Club Kickoff: Jujitsu for Christ — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 16:01:16 +0000

[...] rits (or flaws, as some may want to argue). I’ve written about Butler a couple of times before, and so my affection for his work is no secret. I first heard about Jujitsu at a meeting of the Mississippi [...]

By: PrettyFakes » Blog Archive » Pretty Fakes Book Club: Jujitsu for Christ by Jack Butler

Thu, 19 Jan 2006 13:43:58 +0000

[...] ttle Rock; and Dreamer–a CIA thriller), and a cookbook. I posted about Jack Butler last summer, when I had just finished reading Living in Little Rock–a delight–and I ruminated some on J [...]

By: PrettyFakes » Blog Archive » MacKenzie Phillips Doesn’t Live Here Anymore

Fri, 04 Nov 2005 16:54:44 +0000

[...] e thicket of autobiographical significance. And I know I’ve quoted Walker Percy here before on how American novels tend to be about everything, but it’s worth bringing up again–these are b [...]

By: PrettyFakes » Blog Archive » Onward, Dobson Soldiers

PrettyFakes » Blog Archive » Onward, Dobson Soldiers — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 18:59:05 +0000

[...] e inches shorter by the time the dead finishes flaking from the top of my head. I did read Jack Butler’s Nightshade, his sci-fi novel about a vampire on Mars, which was better than any novel about a v [...]

By: Professor Fury

Professor Fury — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 14:26:51 +0000

Well—it does mention communists a lot. I’m sure you could write a lengthy footnote about it, at least.

By: Darren

Darren — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 14:21:28 +0000

I just need to point out the fact that, last night, I literally bought two kitchen sinks. Seriously.

Unfortunately, a 600+ page novel that won’t translate into at least 30 pages of dissertation—no matter how interesting that novel might be—ain’t on my horizon.

By: Professor Fury

Professor Fury — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 13:03:57 +0000

Contessa’s folks gave us their old turntable, which plays 78s, but I’ve resisted adding another geeky collecting obsession to my repertoire. Still, it’s tempting, although I feel like I’d need to grow a mustache.