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Reading Well: The Last Days of New Paris by China Miéville

One of my favorite authors, China Miéville, published two novellas in the past year or so. I wrote about This Census Taker here; The Last Days of New Paris (2016) is the second. When writing about This Census Taker, I … Continue reading

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Reading Well: Two Quick Things

Every once in a while, I encounter an artist whose aesthetic fits my own in what feels like a profound way, someone that becomes an instant and enduring favorite. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Tord Gustaven‘s piano trio … Continue reading

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Reading Well: This Census Taker by China Miéville

China Miéville is probably my favorite author of the twenty-first century, and when I saw that he recently released not one, but two new books, I was both excited and a little hesitant. Miéville had a run–from 1998’s King Rat through the … Continue reading

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