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Reviews of The Nancy Book
LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS: Mark Ford
It is, though, precisely the absence of 'authority' which makes Brainard's work so charming and available, so true a response to the variegations of the everyday; it never badgers us to admire it, nor promises some life-changing revelation. It asks to be appreciated not as a concept, as a 'Brainard', but as a compilation of a myriad small perceptions and memories. It is hard to think of an artist both so original and so unconceited. Read more...
BOOKFORUM: Albert Mobilio
Brainard was a master of life's microcomedies, the unheard laughter that courses through any truly alert consciousness. And Nancy, with that bow like a pulsating noodle in her frizzy hair, is as good a Descartes as any for our age. Read more...
BROOKLYN RAIL: John Yau
[Brainard's] brilliance was his ability to be joyful and rude, innocent and devilish, to charm us with one hand and smack us with the other. Recognizing that humor can be as stinging as a dip in the ocean, he made his charm synonymous with ferocious wit. Read more...
More Editorial Coverage
AMERICAN BOOK REVIEW, November/December
ANTHEM, August 8
ART IN AMERICA, January 2009
ARTILLERY MAGAZINE, November/December
ARTNET, April 24
THE BELIEVER, September 1
BOOKLIST, March 15
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, May 13
LAMBDA BOOK REPORT, Summer
NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO: BOOKS WE LIKE, November 24
THE NEW YORKER, November 3
NEW YORK TIMES, July 13
OUT.COM, August 6
POETRYFOUNDATION.ORG, September 15
POETS & WRITERS, June/July
POPNOGRAPHY, August 1
SFSTATION, April 25
THE STRANGER, November 7
SUITE 101.COM, December 20
TIME OUT NY, May 7
VANCOUVER SUN, December 20
ZOOMSTREET.COM, December
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