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    <body><![CDATA[So far, I love the first story, Yuri. Of course its from the mind of a Texan. It has a wonderfully down-to-earth everyman quality of storytelling that I find in many of my mentors and friends back in Texas.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[An umimpressive, based on what I've come to expect, collection for this quarter, unfortunately. As always, there was a bit of stuff that was a pleasure to read - Joyce Carol Oates never really lets anyone down, and while the story called &quot;The Tower&quot;  had more than a dash of what's-lame-abo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11774837">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked this one. The pictures of horses were nice. Also, <em>Yuri</em> was entertaining. The Joyce Carol Oates story was good and I liked that it was dedicated to Leonard Cohen. <em>Love, The Frontier</em> rubbed me the wrong way and I didn't finish it. The last story was pretty good too, but it was mostly cute. The...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16556929">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[In an amazingly quick time of 28 hours (including work and sleep) I got this issue <em>down</em>.  I really enjoyed the Joyce Carol Oates story, and the horses, of course.  The one and only drawback to hefting a copy of McSweeney's around with you is the inevitable discourse you are required with literatti. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10268152">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the first McSweeney's I have read in quite some time, actually.  I have every edition of the magazine, but most casually sit in a carefully protected pile on my shelf.  I decided that I wanted to dive into this one because the first story really grabbed me.  Notable volume, this one is.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Kind of a sub-par collection here. If they'd all been like David Hollander's &quot;The Naming of the Islands&quot; -- a Ray Bradbury-esque David Lynch-esque series of horrific adventures had by a group of exiled convicts, sailing to find land to call their own -- I would be overwhelmed with reverenc...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16874823">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[As usual this book/ collection is sorta magical in lots of ways (especially the title pages, apparently from a larger series by Amy Jean Porter, which is called &quot;Tiny Horses Say What&quot; and that is exactly what these tiny horses are doing, so wonderfully) and some of the stories in it are am...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15634836">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fairly strong collection this time around (so much better than M's 27 which was very weak.  The Tower by Steven Millhauser, Love, the Frontier by Emily Anderson, and The Naming of the Islands by David Hollander were particularly strong stories.  Hollander's story would actually be well suited for an...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34344696">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I very much enjoyed Emily Anderson's 'Love, The Frontier'. She throws three things together - the journal, the American Western ideal and a feminist outlook. The result is both charming and stirring. I especially like the heroine's courage and the way Anderson counterpoints that with the plight of t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58971301">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A solid issue. The first story, Connor Kilpatrick's 'Yuri' is my favorite, maybe one of my favorite McSweeney's stories ever.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The first McSweeney's I received since I up and subscribed a couple months ago. A couple of clear standouts here, including the piece by Joyce Carol Oates and the stellar capper by Padget Powell (I'll now add him to my &quot;must get to know&quot; list). Otherwise, this collection wasn't particularl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10603277">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Yeah, I dunno.... A patchy affair, as always, with the pretension sometimes overwhelming any actual skill or ability to engage the reader. Occasionally hilarious. Occasionally intriguing. Sometimes just outright dumb. The pictures of horses are ace.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's been a while since I've read a McSweeney's all the way through when I got it.  It might have had to do with the fact that I was drawn like a moth towards this issue's binding. Holy fuck, gorgeous.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was another solid issue of McSweeney's.  I particularly liked the drawings of the tiny horses saying &quot;what&quot; and the story set in Bosnia -- it was intense but also very good.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a very enjoyable issue of McSweeney's. Just no-frills fiction (and one non-fiction piece). The size made it very nice to hold in the hand, too. The artwork is fantastic. ]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[this is a good one, i haven't read all of them, just 16, 18, 23, 24 and 5.  parts of other ones.  but this is the best one i've read so far.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Depressing emo shit. Why I don't actually read McSweeney's. Oh, and a little too proud of itself. <br/>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed McSweeney's 25.<br/><br/>I have read 6 M. Quarterlys, and this has the best group of short stories.]]></body>
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