James Crossley
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  • novellas by women (US or foreign) that resemble gorgeous tapestries like Ann Carson's Autobiography of Red
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    I went on a run of these a short while ago. You might want to look at The Lost Thoughts of Soldiers by Delia Falconer, The City Is a Rising Tide by Rebecca Lee, and Lucinella by Lore Segal.

  • Dhalgren, by Samuel R. Delaney was so damn good. I've been looking for sci-fi like it for ever now, any advice?
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    For depth, complication, and all-around trickiness, the best SF has to offer is Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun. It was originally published in four volumes and is now available as a two-book set. Ursula Le Guin called him the genre's Melville, if that carries any weight.

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    I take it that Coll Thrush's "Native Seattle" didn't pass muster as a record of local Indian history for some reason? I haven't read it, but it seems to have been generally well received.

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