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“Is This Any Fun?”

October 1, 2011April 17, 2018 / Lisa Levy

I wrote about my wonderful teacher Richard Poirier for The Believer, or as they put it:

EMERSONIAN PRAGMATIST AND PRESCIENT HIGH-LOW CULTURAL CRITIC RICHARD POIRIER BELIEVED THAT READING “DENSE” LITERATURE WAS LIKE MANUAL LABOR, OR HAVING SEX

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