In a scene close to the end of the English poet and publisher Sam Riviere s debut novel
Dead Souls, a twice-disgraced poetry plagiarist named Solomon Wiese explains that, before he got expelled from the literary establishment, he never listened when people complimented his work. In the sycophantic poetry community, Wiese declares, praise springs from monstrous insincerity, and is, therefore, deadly. As a critic who strives to be completely honest, I can t help but take this proclamation as a bit of an insult what am I, chopped liver? but still, I know it holds truth. In general, I feel similarly toward
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Dead Souls Is A Smart Book, In Some Ways A Good One — Also, It s Unreadable
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Dead Souls Is A Smart Book, In Some Ways A Good One — Also, It s Unreadable
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