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Page 66
... White , the breakfast table is set " with its big boxes of ' Fear , ' ' Chix , ' and ' Rats . ' " ' 15 Barthelme presents , within the outward shapes of familiar words , bold , strange , and terrifying ones , which shock us into a new ...
... White , the breakfast table is set " with its big boxes of ' Fear , ' ' Chix , ' and ' Rats . ' " ' 15 Barthelme presents , within the outward shapes of familiar words , bold , strange , and terrifying ones , which shock us into a new ...
Page 67
... White means that she lives her own being as incomplete , pending the arrival of one who will ' complete ' her " ( p ... White's hair initiative , ' " ' that her invitation to climb her tower went unheeded because ' Americans will not or ...
... White means that she lives her own being as incomplete , pending the arrival of one who will ' complete ' her " ( p ... White's hair initiative , ' " ' that her invitation to climb her tower went unheeded because ' Americans will not or ...
Page 111
... White men are taken by the “ Experimental Death Unit # 1 ” and shot ; " J - E - L - L - O , " a drama " about Jack Benny and Rochester , and what happens when Rochester diggs hisself , " ends with Benny's murder.14 The play Dutchman is ...
... White men are taken by the “ Experimental Death Unit # 1 ” and shot ; " J - E - L - L - O , " a drama " about Jack Benny and Rochester , and what happens when Rochester diggs hisself , " ends with Benny's murder.14 The play Dutchman is ...
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