HeyJaredRogue Literary Society
"The new bull of meaning" in literature, poetry, and critical book reviews.
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"Molly" by Blake Butler (opens the original)
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Blake Butler’s friend, the writer Juliet Escoria, brought Molly to my attention. Her defense of Blake and his writing of this book struck me profoundly. And when I gathered that the book had become somewhat controversial for perhaps accusatory, unsavory and exploitative reasons, I was smitten with the provocative idea of reading it. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!QUMv!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-
"A Thesis for Beauty and Disaster" by M Sarki (opens the original)
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Twelve years later, looking back, I think it is my best work.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1190" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PJet!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-po
"The Virginal of Birds" by M Sarki (opens the original)
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Original poetry covering the years 1996-2012 during the most productive writing period while Sarki was still wholly involved with his editor/teacher/friend Gordon Lish.<img alt="front of book cover" class="sizing-normal" height="1386" src="https://s
"On the Occasion of a Great Disgrace" by M Sarki (opens the original)
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Twelve years later, looking back, I think it is my best work, though much different from anything I have previously, or since, written. <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1186" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WGhp!,w_1456,
"The Untethered Soul" by Michael A. Singer (opens the original)
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You’re simply sitting in the seat of centered awareness watching your stuff get hit. As long as you’re watching, you’re not getting lost in it…Awareness does not fight; awareness releases. Awareness is simply aware while everything in the universe parades before it.<div
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