false 5588159 2 <p> A short story from the collection Ugly Man by Dennis Cooper. </p> 5759500 1 6 2009 Ugly Man: Stories (P.S.) total:60|5:16|4:17|3:18|2:6|1:3| 60 217 115 17 5 0 false false Sat Jun 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 14:38:54 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 14:44:24 -0700 2009 Wrong. I was slightly annoyed that about 50 of the book's 250 pages reprinted Jerk and The Ash Gray Proclamation (both of which I already had, albeit in "extended" formats [the former as a collaborative "art book"...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jul 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 13:03:23 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 21:27:58 -0700 2009
WTF?

My Thoughts:

Ugly Man is a collection of short stories. When I say short, I mean short! Some are just a paragraph or two and most are just a few pages long. The stories center around these themes: sex, death and homosexuality...and then more sex...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 11:10:02 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 12:44:20 -0700 2009
Sexualized cannibal porn.

Seriously.

Frankly, I'm baffled by all the accolades Cooper receives. If you stripped away the outsider lit attributes (illicit sex, fe...more...]]> 2 2 false false Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 19:51:45 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 10:04:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jun 12 06:51:28 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 16:07:28 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 06:51:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu May 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 07:42:41 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 09:41:09 -0700 2009
Essential collection of ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 08:10:38 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 12:01:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Aug 29 23:44:15 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 23:44:15 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Jun 09 17:39:01 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 17:46:44 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Mon Jul 13 11:52:02 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 11:53:08 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Wed Jul 08 17:06:47 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 17:08:47 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun May 31 10:44:13 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 15:43:53 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Oct 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 22:57:20 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 23:14:50 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Feb 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 22:10:29 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 22:41:03 -0800 2009 Wrong.

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