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My Maso problem.(Book Review)

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| February 01, 2003 | Downing, Ben | COPYRIGHT 2003 Foundation for Cultural Review. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Carole Maso Beauty Is Convulsive: The Passion of Frida Kahlo. Counterpoint, 170 pages, $24

I first came across the singular writings of Carole Maso about ten years ago, when she submitted to the journal I help edit a piece of what is known as poetic prose. Although we passed on the manuscript, it made such a strong impression on me that I decided to investigate Maso's extant oeuvre. Nor was I disappointed. For the rest of her work, consisting at that point of several "novels," turned out not only to equal but indeed to surpass the tantalizing sample I had seen. I began to follow her career with real interest, as she moved from Columbia to Brown (where until ...

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