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Danh ngôn của Katherine Dunn (Sứ mệnh: 9)

We're also far enough from the publishing power that we have no access to the politics of publishing, although there are interpersonal politics, of course.
Prior to penicillin and medical research, death was an everyday occurrence. It was intimate.
American culture is torn between our long romance with violence and our terror of the devastation wrought by war and crime and environmental havoc.
In the United States, female fisticuffs were marginalized, first as erotic vaudeville in the 19th century and later as serious competition developed in the first half of the 20th. Legal wars waged by boxers in the 1960s and '70s won women the right to compete professionally nationwide.
At its heart, 'Fat City' is not about boxing. It is a universal story of grim realities and toxic delusions. It is awash with awareness of chances blown, dreams stymied, precious time wasted, and all future prospects scorched to ashes by the process.