J. Erik Riley (@postpacific) 's Twitter Profile
J. Erik Riley

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calendar_today24-04-2009 08:29:02

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Dear friends. I’m bringing J. Erik Riley out of hibernation to tell you about my new essay on Literary Hub – about Bosnia, Peter Handke’s Nobel prize and my summer journey to Srebrenica and ViÅ”egrad. Peace, &c.

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"Beneath the ornate and intricate linguistic workings of Handke’s text, one can hear the rumbles of some of the worst tendencies of our present age, which have, in recent years, been amplified to a fierce din." lithub.com/ignoble-on-the…

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The virus is spreading fear and death, and it is spreading us out, away from one another. We must learn a new language, give gestures new meaning. Distance is a kiss now. A wave is an embrace. Isolation is love.

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Yeah, so was the fellow that the Senate refused to meet last year. You know, speaking of Chicken Littles. x.com/SenSasse/statu…

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Remember: A demagogue frustrated by the courts and a rising opposition will use the next tragic terrorist attack to amass power. Be wary.

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If and when it occurs, the rest of the script has already been written. No. 45 has already placed blame, before the fact, in several tweets.

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—Why are you so racist? —My dog died. —Your … dog died? —Then I drank too much. It's a Norwegian right wing thing. Kind of hard to grasp. —…

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I have never seen an image of Donald Trump smiling or laughing joyfully. This, too, is a first for presidents in my lifetime.