MARK D SWARTZ

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MARK D SWARTZ
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Mark’s Review of Thomas Wolfe’s Kingdom Of Speech

  • 19. Aug. 2018
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My rating: 3 of 5 stars. Sorry. Eloquently argued, though tendentious to the point of screed. Thomas Wolfe eviscerates the theories of Charles Darwin (evolution based on natural selection) and Noam Chomsky (linguistics as an innate language acquisition device that produces a universal grammar). An Informative Lecture I love how...
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Book Review: “The Hypnotist” by Sarah Sheard

  • 14. Nov. 2013
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The Hypnotist, a novel by Sarah Sheard

The Hypnotist is the first book I read by Toronto psychotherapist and author Sarah Sheard. It was back in 2001, at a time when I was contemplating becoming a novelist who, like Sheard, would draw upon their professional experience to inform a book’s plot and themes. I ended up focusing on my nonficton writing...
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About – In Brief

Mark D Swartz

Author of best-selling non-fiction. Former contributing columnist with a leading North American newspaper. Currently writing provocative debut novel. It explores the potential extinction of Down Syndrome due to real-life medical advancements. The book also offers points of common ground that bridge our wrenching political polarization.

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Mark 's GoodReads Bookshelf

The Catcher in the Rye
5 of 5 stars
The Catcher in the Rye
by J.D. Salinger
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
5 of 5 stars
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
by Ken Kesey
A Clockwork Orange
4 of 5 stars
A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess
1984
5 of 5 stars
1984
by George Orwell

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