Rauan Klassnik





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Rauan Klassnik

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born
October 18, 1967 in Johannesburg, South Africa

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pain killers, rabbits, silver and almonds

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About this author

A man who collects and loves. Has the God-Gene but can't use it.

His debut book, "Holy Land," released April 2008, from Black Ocean.

"Ringing" and e-chapbook from Kitchen Press (March 2009) but no longer available

"The Sea" a chapbook from Mud Luscious is due out in January, 2010





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Average rating: 4.42 · 153 ratings · 40 reviews · 4 distinct works
Holy Land
4.6 of 5 stars 4.60 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 2008
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Ringing
3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2009
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The Sea (chapbook)
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5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2009
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occasional wing-flashes. but, really, this book never really takes flight... (weighed down by fodder for Grandmothers and Kindergarteners)....
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The Sleepwalkers by Arthur Koestler
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I love time spending time with Koestler's strange and vigorous mind. And "The Sleepwalkers" is wonderful... I was surprised, though, to find this description of Rheticus (disciple of Copernicus):

"---and, fortunately, either homo or bisexual, after th...more
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The Weather Stations by Ryan Call
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The Western Canon by Harold Bloom
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The Shakespeare worship does grate after a while.... and certain preferences and readings fall a bit flat (on Wordsworth and Beckett's "Endgame" for example)... but generally very thought-and-passion provoking...
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Pigafetta Is My Wife by Joe Hall
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The Trees Around by Chris Tonelli
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Tree after tree, mask after mask-- i couldn't get enough... a wonderful book....
More of Rauan's books…
“In heaven I will find you.
Among the pigeons and scraped bodies. The sky’s spinning round and
round. Vultured color. Darkness throbbing. Like a child spun round
and round. It does not stop.”
Rauan Klassnik, Ringing

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Rauan Tara wrote: "Thanks for the friendship. I'll have to check out your work! Black Ocean and Kitchen are great presses :)"

yes they are. glad to be a part of them. and thx for accepting the Friend-add.





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Tara Thanks for the friendship. I'll have to check out your work! Black Ocean and Kitchen are great presses :)


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