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Medieval Hebrew and Arabic lit. Scripture & literature. Metal Studies. Supports BDS. He/Him. 🇵🇸🇵🇸

8 books
Book Cover for: Defenders: There Are No Rules, Al Ewing

Defenders: There Are No Rules

Al Ewing
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Something interesting can be written about @Al_Ewing's Kabbalistic references. Come up in Royals and in his Defenders (in the latter he's clearly building off of stuff established by Clairmont in regards to Phoenix).

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Book Cover for: The Unbalancing: A Birdverse Novel, R. B. Lemberg

The Unbalancing: A Birdverse Novel

R. B. Lemberg
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READ @RB_Lemberg’s The Unbalancing. https://t.co/Mj3Kborpdq

Paperback, 2022

$17.95Member price:$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Golem: Modern Wars and Their Monsters, Maya Barzilai

Golem: Modern Wars and Their Monsters

Maya Barzilai
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@snarkademic You would likely find this fast- but just in case- Golem: Modern Wars and Their Monsters by Maya Barzilai "A monster tour of the Golem narrative across various cultural and historical landscapes"

Paperback, 2020

$32.00Member price:$32.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Book Cover for: Anti-Judaism: The Western Tradition, David Nirenberg

Anti-Judaism: The Western Tradition

David Nirenberg
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@keyneynhore in the introduction to anti-Judaism David Nirenberg has a half page on Marx's Jewish question that's short but might be useful.

Paperback, 2014

$21.99Member price:$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice

Interview with the Vampire

Anne Rice
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I told my daughter that I read Interview With The Vampire 20 years ago- and for some reason that made her realize that I’m old…

Paperback, 1997

$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Vampire: a wild story in scraps and colors, Joe Bandel

Vampire: a wild story in scraps and colors

Joe Bandel
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Yiddish Translation of Hanns Heinz Ewers Vympir (in which according to Wikipedia the protagonist becomes a vampire by drinking his Jewish mistress ‘ blood…) https://t.co/rlBormCZ9H

Paperback, 2017

$36.96Member price:$33.26 + Free shipping10% off
Book Cover for: That Dada Strain: Poetry, Jerome Rothenberg

That Dada Strain: Poetry

Jerome Rothenberg
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@SamuelSpinner “Inappropriate, Obscene, Primitive: The Accented Poetry of Cathy Park Hong and Jerome Rothenberg” by Jacqueline Krass.

Paperback, 1983

$7.25Member price:$3.63 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Ody-C: Cycle One, Matt Fraction

Ody-C: Cycle One

Matt Fraction
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I got both volumes of @cjwardart and Matt Fraction’s ODY-C trades on Black Friday discount.

Hardcover, 2016

$49.99Member price:$25.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book