This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. The thing about postmodernism is it’s impossible to pin down exactly what might make a book postmodern. In looking at the attributes of the essential postmodern reads, we found some were downright contradictory. Postmodern books have a reputation for being massive tomes,
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