Daniel Levin Becker
Author
Publisher
City Lights Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"What's Good is a work of passionate lyrical analysis, a set of freewheeling liner notes, and a love letter to the most vital American art form of the last half century. Over a series of short chapters, each centered on a different lyric, Daniel Levin Becker considers how rap's use of language operates and evolves at levels ranging from the local (slang, rhyme) to the analytical (quotation, transcription) to the philosophical (morality, criticism,...
Author
Publisher
Transit Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Buried deep in rural France, little remains of the isolated hamlet of the Three Lone Girls, save a few houses and a curiously assembled quartet: Patrice Bergogne, inheritor of his family's farm; his wife, Marion; their daughter, Ida; and their neighbor,Christine, an artist. While Patrice plans a surprise for his wife's fortieth birthday, inexplicable events start to disrupt the hamlet's quiet existence: anonymous, menacing letters, an unfamiliar...
3) Sphinx
Author
Publisher
Deep Vellum Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A landmark literary event: the first novel by a female member of Oulipo in English, a sexy genderless love story.