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A Review of On the Calculation of Volume 1 (2024) by Solvej Balle

By Jay Innis Murray New Directions has cleverly chosen November 18 for the publication date of Book 3 of On the Calculation of Volume. Anyone who has read Book 1 can tell you November 18 is the day in the life of the novel’s narrator that repeats, over and over, hundreds of times. No Bill Continue reading
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A Review of Let the Boys Play (2024) by Nicholas John Turner

By Jay Innis Murray “Firm ground is not available ground.” – – – AR Ammons, “Dunes” Here is a book that does not flinch. Here is a book about suffering. This is my novel of the year for 2024. Let the Boys Play sings a long song of contempt and disgust. It chants of living Continue reading
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