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27 October 2008

[Article by Elizabeth Hoiem]

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ARTICLE: The Fantasy of Talking Back: Susanna Clarke's Historical Present in Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, by Elizabeth Hoiem

At the center of Susanna Clarke's historical novel are three characters, each a victim of Strange and Norrell's project to promote magic as rational and "English," and each corresponding to a social group historically marginalized in order to solidify Englishness as a cohesive category of identity[.]

FICTION: Nine Sundays in a Row, by Kris Dikeman

I'm hunkered down in the tall grass, tail down, ears back. She leans back against the oak tree, wiggling her toes in the grass, big ugly boots beside her, moonlight throwing up shadows all around.

POETRY: Heyiya, by Sonya Taaffe

Who would deal in straight lines with a god / of double faces?

REVIEW: This Week's Reviews, posted three times a week

Monday: Blonde Roots by Bernadine Evaristo, reviewed by Gwyneth Jones
Wednesday: The Wiscon Chronicles, volume 2, edited by L. Timmel Duchamp and Eileen Gunn, reviewed by Hannah Storm-Martin
Friday: The Last Reef and other stories by Gareth L. Powell, reviewed by Gene Melzack

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