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Thom Jones: The Pugilist at Rest (in Peace)

Thom Jones was not a one-shot wunderkind so much as a career scrapper who banged back at a world intent on beating the shit out of him. Continue reading

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Smells Like Sophisticated Teen Spirit

In which Sean Beaudoin reveals how a great-books-reading, Coltrane-worshipping, punk-listening, obscure-reference-dropping, dyed-in-the-wool cynic like himself came to write fiction for young adults. Continue reading

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