Archive for February, 2007

Coetzee on Claus

J.M. Coetzee applauds the intelligence and passion of Hugo Claus’ poetry, “a medium over which he has such light-fingered control that art becomes invisible.”

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Winners and sociopaths: the mind of Stephen Cloud

The best of Steven Cloud’s Boy on a Stick & Slither (BOASAS) comics recall Calvin & Hobbes, and Linus’ existential philosophizing in the glory days of Peanuts. The strip has reached new heights lately — “Champions of Winning” is a recent favorite — but it’s always been good. “Conformity” has hung on the Maud Household’s pantry since 2002. “Don’t forget! . . .

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