American Genius, A Comedy no-tag Two stops short of Barking

Two stops short of Barking (The Alternative School of Economics) and Aunty Uncle Poems (The Poetry Business/New Poets List)

Doug Moench

' Alex O'Connell

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American Genius, A Comedy no-tag Two stops short of BarkingA former historian is spending time in a residential home but is it an artist's retreat, a sanatorium, or a mental institute? In hypnotic and digressive prose, Tillman's narrator spins tales of her life while ruminating on her many and varied preoccupations: chair design, the Manson family, the Zulu alphabet, the death of a pet, family trauma, loneliness and above all, skin and the meaning of 'sensitivity' in contemporary society. Meanwhile, these