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Irishman named Fitz-Hugh
James McBride • The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store: A Novel
Malcolm himself had no nickname. Occasionally his father called him by other famous Malcolms’ last names—“X,” or “McLaren,” or “McDowell,” or “Muggeridge,” the last for whom Malcolm was supposedly named—but it always felt less like an affectionate gesture and more like a rebuke, a reminder of what Malcolm should be but clearly was not.
Hanya Yanagihara • A Little Life: The Million-Copy Bestseller (Picador Collection)
In time, two great strokes will lay the lawyer low, reducing all aspens, birches, beeches, pines, oaks, and maples to a single word that will take him half a minute to pronounce.
Richard Powers • The Overstory: A Novel
the young white male
might be as well
the old white whale
scarred and virile
ever out of reach
no matter how each
hunts him
already seen too much
and cast as such
a beast so evil
that he shouldn’t be so
bitter he’s left no rung
for a life with anyone
that loves him
no scholarships
or jobs programs
to safely pull him
back to land,
keeps exploring
murky depths
while
“Joseph Brodsky
Elif Batuman • The Idiot
Enueg II
Samuel Beckett
world world world
and the face grave
cloud against the evening
de moriturus nihil nisi
and the face crumbling shyly
too late to darken the sky
blushing away into the evening
shuddering away like a gaffe
veronica mundi
veronica munda
give us a wipe for the love of Jesus
sweating like Judas
tired of dying
tired of policemen
feet in marmalade
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