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  <title><![CDATA[McSweeney's Issue 27 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern)]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;div&gt;Plunging straight into the grayish, faintly understood area of the art world that involves oddly drawn objects coupled with uncertainly spelled text, &lt;i&gt;McSweeney's Issue 27&lt;/i&gt; brings together a previously uncategorized cadre of pithy draftsmen, genius doodlers, and fine-artistic cartoonists, and buffets them with articles examining just what it is that these people are doing and why the world should know about it. Featuring work from David Shrigley, Tucker Nichols, and many others &amp;#8212; including an unreleased Art Spiegelman sketchbook &amp;#8212; the latest quarterly from McSweeney's presents a new kind of contemporary art.&lt;/div&gt;</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">2008</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Dave Eggers]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri May 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This issue begins painfully with &quot;Tight Like That&quot; by Larry Smith, which reads like a third rate Bret Easton Ellis narrative, with endless lists of names and places, crimes and acts of debauchery. And consider this sentence:<br/><br/>&quot;The musician's friend had a neighbor who knew a ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23152917">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 09 11:17:26 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked a few of the stories in here. Jim Shepherd's story stands out. <em>Tight Like That</em> was just weird. <em>The Crack</em> was quite good. I couldn't stop reading Stephen King's novella, though at times I wanted to. It was very long, too long in fact, but still very readable. Do not read this story if you hav...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25448659">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Oct 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[My first foray into the world of McSweeney's has me totally sold. This issue comes with three parts.<br/><br/>1.) Art Spiegelman's note<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27037.St_Augustine_Confessions_Oxford_World_s_Classics_" title="St. Augustine Confessions (Oxford World's Classics) by Augustine of Hippo">book of sketches</a> he used to keep himself drawing with no intent of publishing. It's a fun, quick read and a charming look at something private from someone I love....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34158984">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[You can never critique a McSweeney's issue without also talking about the form in which the book is published.  This one comes in a little slip cover with 3 different books. Nothing too creative or off-beat for the McSweeney's crew, though the content surely is.  It's elegant none-the-less.<br/><br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26620555">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="24342491">
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[You know what surprised me the most about this collection? Stephen King. I read his story in the waiting room to get blood drawn, and I waited in that room for nearly an hour, but every time the nurse came out to call a name, I prayed &quot;please, don't let it be me, just one more paragraph.&quot; ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24342491">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu May 29 09:19:11 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This, my first McSweeney's as a subscriber, was an odd little collection of three items in a single case.<br/><br/>1.  A sketchbook from Art Spiegelman.  This is predictably a treat.  He doesn't even usually keep a sketchbook, or at least doesn't show anyone his drawings, from what I understand, s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22856430">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="29898163">
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  <read_at>Tue Aug 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[McSweeney's Issue 27 is purposely uncategorized by the editors, instead leaving the reader to pick out any unifying themes he or she chooses to see.  And while this results in a collection of varying quality (Larry Smith's &quot;Tight Like That&quot; is excellent, Stephen King's &quot;A Very Tight P...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29898163">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="22714708">
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    <body><![CDATA[I forgot my book yesterday and had to get something for the bus ride home.  I rarely read McSweeney's, and this is a neat collection in a small slipcase (Biltmore Hotel, apparently), with a journal of drawings from Art Spiegelman and other neat stuff.<br/><br/>Art Spiegelman's sketchbook alone mak...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22714708">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <name><![CDATA[Clark]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Dec 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read this on a red-eye back to Florida for Christmas. A short, but excellent quarterly. Particularly enjoyed Classical Scenes of Farewell and The Crack. The cover artwork and overall packaging were delightful as usual. Stephen King needs an editor.]]></body>
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    <review id="49133595">
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    <name><![CDATA[Matt]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Mar 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Spiegelman sketchbook is interesting, as is the art-show catalog...The long Stephen King story was riveting and kind of stomach-churning...I assume that's how most of his stuff is.  That's why I choose not to read his novels -- I don't really seek that kind of stomach-churning emotion out -- but...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49133595">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="54446819">
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    <body><![CDATA[started off well, but the middle stories were pretty vacuous.  i give it a strong sell just cause it's mcsweeney's and it pushes a few boundaries of taste here.   ]]></body>
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    <review id="25409216">
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    <name><![CDATA[David]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Jul 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very interesting grouping of short stories, but this is to be expected by McSweeney's. The stories in Issue 27 did not group well with each other but each story was very interesting. Stephen Kings' story, which happend to be the last in the book, was a page turner. It evoked a gag reflex in me when ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25409216">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Oct 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was my first venture into the world of McSweeney's Quarterlies and I really enjoyed it. &quot;Classical Scenes of Farewell&quot; (story #2) and &quot;Bird Feed&quot; (story #3) were refreshingly written (and seriously haunting). Highly recommended.]]></body>
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    <review id="25529266">
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  <read_at>Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Oh, pretty good. The accompaniments were a joyous hodge-podge of pictures and doodles.  Bird Feed and The Crack are wonderful stories. I suppose I should mention how it was odd or something that Stephen King had a story in McSwy's, but it was a more or less what you'd expect if you like King's non-h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25529266">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="59771191">
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked it. I also drew the cover.]]></body>
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    <review id="24910491">
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    <name><![CDATA[Adam]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Jim Shepard and Mikel Jollett stories are the stand-outs. Just finished the 70-page Stephen King shitshow* and I'm not sure what I think.<br/><br/><br/>*The suburban girls standing next to us on the BU Bridge lastnight and watching the fireworks called everything a &quot;shitshow&quot; or a &quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24910491">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Nov 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[My favorite stories were Stephen King's &quot;A Very Tight Place,&quot; Jim Shepard's &quot;Classical Scenes of Farewell&quot; (historical fiction about the fascinating and strange and depraved Gilles de Rais), Ashlee Adams's &quot;Bird Feed&quot; and Mikel Jollett's &quot;The Crack.&quot;]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 27 17:24:39 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jun 26 00:07:51 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Aug 27 17:24:39 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[While I'm in between novels, I'm on a short story kick, and I loved McSweeney's 27 for &quot;Autophobia&quot; and &quot;Lots of Things Like This&quot; while making my way through the meat of the issue. Although I didn't finish all the stories, they all seemed to be really, well, violent or twisted i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25517175">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <name><![CDATA[Erik]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat May 31 18:23:58 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Aug 02 20:49:35 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Spieglemans's sketchbook rocked and the demon story was severe and well crafted. This issue is well worth its price tag, even with the Stephen King novella (which, I'm sorry to say, I don't think was as mind blowing as other folks here thought it was. IMO, it was merely okay. He's done MUCH better w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23405832">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <name><![CDATA[Joseph]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu May 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu May 29 08:49:01 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu May 29 08:54:47 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Thought this one was pretty weak as far as McSwny's go.  The Stephen King story is pretty disgusting but doesn't really do anything for me with its message of revenge and poop jokes.  The art sections are pretty weak and didn't really feel like a finished product.]]></body>
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