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Title: A tour de force which has little to do with Olson or his art
Review: The author belies a hostility towards his subject early on in the book by referring to him as "Charlie" as though he was the cop on "Bad Boys" who had caught the guy in the video who had obviously done something which gave him the right to speak condescendingly to him. In Clark's own mind Olson has become an unworthy father who he has to beat down. Wierd ! Totally misses the point of Olson's art which is that each page is different and a unique attempt at truth. Shows too how the Thruway West (oh Gunslinger) has obliterated belief in an actual earth of value. Which Olson's actual text does manage to keep alive.
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