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Kaya Oakes
Goodreads author profile
born
January 15, 1616
in Oakland, The United States
gender
female
website
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influences
Paul Celan, Neil Young, Anne Carson, Willie Nelson, Shock G, Mike Watt
member since
September 2007
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Slanted and Enchanted: The Evolution of Indie Culture
— published 2009 — 3 editions |
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Telegraph
— published 2007 |
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Radical Reinvention: An Unlikely Return to the Catholic Church
— expected publication 2012 |
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Upcoming Events
Book launch
Author appearance, July 11, 2012 07:00PM
Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, US
http://oakestown.org/?page_id=10
Author appearance, July 11, 2012 07:00PM
Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, US
http://oakestown.org/?page_id=10
First reading to kick of a short tour.
A Great Good Place for Books reading
Author appearance, July 12, 2012 07:00PM
A Great Good Place for Books, Oakland, CA, US
Author appearance, July 12, 2012 07:00PM
A Great Good Place for Books, Oakland, CA, US
Oakland!
Bellingham Reading
Author appearance, July 18, 2012 07:01PM
Village Books, Bellingham, WA, US
Author appearance, July 18, 2012 07:01PM
Village Books, Bellingham, WA, US
Bellingham!
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| Exhaustive. Charnas must have spent years doing research for this book. Some parts were more compelling than others (while I appreciate the narratives about the branding of hip hop in clothing lines and energy drinks, those sections dragged a bit for...more | |
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| Re-read this because I'm teaching it in the spring. It's one of those books you can tear through in a day or two, but it lingers for a really long time. | |
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| Liked the concept, thought the characters were two-dimensional, liked some of the writing, thought there were too many epic passages of dialogue without any action. In other words, it is just like academia. | |
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| Though much of this book appealed to me, being of the generation that had to suffer through deconstruction as an English major, the big problem with the book is the fact that Madeline is ultimately nothing more than a cipher. I'm not one of those fem...more | |
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Q&A with Kaya Oakes
— 16 members
— last activity Jun 05, 2009 12:11pm
Due to the crappy economy, I'm not going on a mega extensive book tour, so if you'd like to ask a question about the book, go for it. I'll take questi...more
Catching Tigers in Red Weather Taffy-Pulling Society
— 24 members
— last activity Jan 20, 2009 04:29pm
A group/club designed for those lucky readers who both love the Oulipo poetry of Andrew Demcak and have an unending sweettooth for salt-water taffy.

































