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But "The Crack-Up" suffers from all the small dishonesties one finds in any work that relies on an unsullied "before" and a hopelessly tainted "after."
Borne Ceaselessly Into the Future Kerry Howley 2011
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What's most striking about "The Crack-Up" is less its narrative tidiness than the perspicacity with which, years previously, Fitzgerald predicted his impending romanticism.
Borne Ceaselessly Into the Future Kerry Howley 2011
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*** Regarding "Germany's Solar Crack-Up" Review & Outlook, Jan. 25: Though there are problems with Germany's subsidies for solar energy, it would be a big mistake to rethink the entire push toward renewables.
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"A Short Autobiography" skips "The Crack-Up" in favor of lesser known works, but it can be found, along with notebook jottings and letter excerpts, in a New Directions collection called "On Booze."
Borne Ceaselessly Into the Future Kerry Howley 2011
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This, presumably, would be a 25-year-old who didn't already feel burdened by family, economic pressures and the anxiety of influence that would come to pervade "The Crack-Up."
Borne Ceaselessly Into the Future Kerry Howley 2011
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But, to those that know Dustin, the Pioneer-King project is the natural culmination of the work, passion and craziness he peed out of the window whilst I interviewed him; he loves watching cranes; here is him fooling around in The Crack-Up that maketh Mr Dustin Yellin.
Annie Fabricant: Dustin Yellin - On Building 12-Ton Sculptures and a 'Utopian Art Center' in Brooklyn Annie Fabricant 2012
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But, to those that know Dustin, the Pioneer-King project is the natural culmination of the work, passion and craziness he peed out of the window whilst I interviewed him; he loves watching cranes; here is him fooling around in The Crack-Up that maketh Mr Dustin Yellin.
Annie Fabricant: Dustin Yellin - On Building 12-Ton Sculptures and a 'Utopian Art Center' in Brooklyn Annie Fabricant 2012
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But, to those that know Dustin, the Pioneer-King project is the natural culmination of the work, passion and craziness he peed out of the window whilst I interviewed him; he loves watching cranes; here is him fooling around in The Crack-Up that maketh Mr Dustin Yellin.
Annie Fabricant: Dustin Yellin - On Building 12-Ton Sculptures and a 'Utopian Art Center' in Brooklyn Annie Fabricant 2012
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But, to those that know Dustin, the Pioneer-King project is the natural culmination of the work, passion and craziness he peed out of the window whilst I interviewed him; he loves watching cranes; here is him fooling around in The Crack-Up that maketh Mr Dustin Yellin.
Annie Fabricant: Dustin Yellin - On Building 12-Ton Sculptures and a 'Utopian Art Center' in Brooklyn Annie Fabricant 2012
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In an essay called "The Crack-Up," something must first exist to crack, and so we are handed a halcyon vision of youthful confidence.
Borne Ceaselessly Into the Future Kerry Howley 2011
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