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M. Allen Cunningham

Scherzo Series, Ep. 8: Definitions from a Glossary of Spectacle & Bewilderment

Ep. 8

This is the eighth installment in the Scherzo Series, which brings you short readings from the A-to-Z "Scherzo: A Glossary of Spectacle & Bewilderment (with Anecdotes) Compiled on Behalf of the Imaginative Mind," found in Cunningham's new book We Are Guests of Ancient Time.

The terms defined in this installment are:

  • MEME
  • MOVIES
  • OJ SIMPSON
  • PANDEMIC
  • PRESENTISM


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