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DIY MFA Reading List: “2666” by Roberto Bolaño
Roberto Bolaño explores the intersections of art, power, and murder in his disturbing masterpiece “2666”.
Continue readingDIY MFA Reading List: “Libra” by Don DeLillo
Don DeLillo gets to the heart of the Kennedy assassination plot – and the murderous American soul – in his psychological thriller “Libra”.
Continue readingDIY MFA Reading List: “Gravity’s Rainbow” by Thomas Pynchon
Thomas Pynchon puts most other writers to shame with “Gravity’s Rainbow,” his surreal, mind-melting, madcap romp through post-war Europe.
Continue readingDIY MFA Reading List: “Independence Day” by Richard Ford
A father enlists the Founding Fathers to try and teach his increasingly maladjusted teenage son the true meaning of “independence”, in Richard Ford’s lyrical sequel to “The Sportswriter”.
Continue readingDIY MFA Reading List: “Slaughterhouse-Five” by Kurt Vonnegut
Listen up: Kurt Vonnegut speaks truth to power (and yes, he’s talking directly to YOU), in this melancholy meditation on the psychological costs of war and violence.
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