As some readers will remember, our October 2008 issue contained a posthumous poem by Thomas Disch (along with a poem in memory of Disch by David Mason). If you want to learn more about the work of this brilliant novelist, essayist, and poet, read this piece by science fiction writer John Crowley, published in the January/February issue of Boston Review .
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