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Denis Johnson sees that New Age thinking is a response to something very American, very late-twentieth-century—namely the precariousness of identity.
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Literary Homage: Denis Johnson, American Dostoevsky
Denis Johnson’s spiritual vision was dark and more than a little scary but also supremely generous.
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