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Recommended reading: Piper Daniels, “Sirens”
"[D]eath, as a solution, is so all encompassing, so finite, other ways of coping pale in comparison. In no time, your neural pathways form a perfect arrow leading to the afterlife...."
No, Robert Adams did not admit to molesting children. Not six of them. Not any of them.
[UPDATE 31 DEC 2016] Although the terms of his plea included specific language affirming that Adams maintains his innocence, the DA’s office subsequently issued a press release falsely stating that Adams “admitted” to molesting six children. Several days later the DA's office would retract the false statement with no fanfare, leaving newspapers like the SacBee to continue libeling Robert Adams as late as 31 December 2016.
Blake Butler at VICE reviews Steven Dunn’s “Potted Meat” (TS 2016)
... and we are grateful. Especially as Blake reviewed Potted Meat in an article titled "The 22 Best Books I Read in 2016." Here's the excerpt: Some folks need a hundred pages to get you in [...]
Recommended reading: Janaka Stucky, The Truth Is We Are Perfect
I've been working on a review of Janaka's book for a couple months. My mother died a few weeks into it (the review, not the book), which was highly appropriate both for the book's themes and my mother's sense of humor....