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Contemporary Literary Criticism
Criticism of the Works of Today’s Novelists, Poets, Playwrights, Short Story Writers, Scriptwriters, and Other Creative Writers
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Alkon, Paul. From Fiction 2000: Cyberpunk and the Future of Narrative. Edited by George Slusser and Tom Shippey. University of Georgia Press. 1992. Copyright © 1992, by the University of Georgia Press. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Brydon, Diana. From “Reading Dionne Brand’s ‘Blues Spiritual for Mammy Prater,’” in Inside the Poem: Essays and Poems in Honour of Donald Stephens. Edited by W. H. New. Oxford University Press, 1992. Copyright © Oxford University Press Canada 1992. Reproduced by permission.—Daurio, Beverley. From The Power to Bend Spoons: Interviews with Canadian Novelists. The Mercury Press, 1998. Copyright © 1998 Beverley Daurio. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of the author.—Gibson, William, with Larry McCaffery. From Across the Wounded Galaxies: Interviews with Contemporary American Science Fiction Writers. University of Illinois Press. 1990. Copyright © 1990, by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. Reproduced by permission.—Hayles, N. Katherine. From Immortal Engines: Life Extension and Immortality in Science Fiction and Fantasy. Edited by George Slusser, Gary Westfahl, and Eric S. Rabkin. University of Georgia Press. 1996. Copyright © 1996, by the University of Georgia Press. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Tanner, Tony. From Thomas Pynchon. Methuen, 1982. Copyright © 1982, by Tony Tanner. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of the publisher and author.
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