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Dan Geddes
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The Sorrow of American Sports – A Prayer for Owen Meany
See also: A Son of the Circus, A Widow for One Year The Fourth Hand and an imaginary review of Irving’s The Third Leg. A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving Review By Dan Geddes John Irving’s A Prayer For Owen Meany is yet another Irving book that abs... More »
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The Air-Conditioned Nightmare – Henry Miller’s “On the Road”
Henry Miller Review By Dan Geddes See also review of Miller’s The Rosy Crucifixion Henry Miller is famous for leaving New York for Paris in 1930, and writing sexually-explicitly literary novels that were banned in the United States for over thirty years.... More »
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In Memoriam: Dr. Claire Hoyt: “Shrink to the Stars”
Imaginary review by Dan Geddes Early Years Case Studies: Fox Boy and “Tail Envy” The Selfish Stage “Shrink To The Stars” The Inner Victim Hoyt’s Legacy Dr. Claire Hoyt, once the world-famous “Shrink to the Stars,” d... More »
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About The Satirist
About The Satirist Since 1999, millions of readers and web crawlers have read The Satirist “America’s Most Critical Journal”. The Satirist features original works of satire, parody, and “news”, fiction and poems, essays, as well... More »
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The Corrections
The Corrections Jonathan Franzen Review by Dan Geddes See also review of Franzen’s Freedom The Corrections admirably portrays the values of both contemporary American yuppies and their square parents. While the three main characters are well-spoken East ... More »
Democrats Don’t Love Families As Much, says GOP Candidate
By Dan Geddes JEFFERSON, VIRGINIA—Herbert Henry, a Republican candidate for the Jefferson, Virginia City Council delivered a speech to supporters last week, in which he declared that “The Democrats don’t love your families as much as I do.” ... More »
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Winesburg, Ohio – Novel or Stories?
Winesburg, Ohio Sherwood Anderson Review By Dan Geddes Winesburg’s Reception I can understand why Winesburg, Ohio was shocking for its time: the veneer of Victorian innocence in small town American life is pierced, revealing tormented psyches even among ... More »
Quentin Tarantino’s “Harder”
Imaginary review by Dan Geddes See also reviews of Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill, as well as a satire of Tarantino’s “Scent of a Banknote” Sonny.…………….……….Harvey Keitel Slick………………………..Samuel L. Jackson L... More »
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John Irving’s The Fourth Hand – Review
See also: A Prayer for Owen Meany, A Son of the Circus, A Widow for One Year an imaginary review of Irving’s The Third Leg The Fourth Hand By John Irving Review by Dan Geddes The Fourth Hand must have been a fun book to write. John Irving’s novel is fi... More »
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Parables of Kierkegaard
Parables of Kierkegaard Edited by Thomas C. Oden Review By Dan Geddes Editor Thomas C. Oden discovered the idea of compiling Kierkegaard’s parables during a conversation with another scholar. This volume gives Kierkegaard’s parables a wider audience, as fe... More »
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Zen At Work
Zen At Work: A Zen Teacher’s 30-Year Journey in Corporate America Les Kaye Review By Dan Geddes Zen At Work is a striking title for a book, precisely because it sounds paradoxical. “Zen” conjures up images of bald, white-robed men sitting in the lotus po... More »