{"id":26992,"date":"2026-05-17T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/?p=26992"},"modified":"2026-05-09T00:55:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T04:55:33","slug":"4-9-2017-awr-pretense-is-underrated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/?p=26992","title":{"rendered":"4.9.2017 AWR: Pretense Is Underrated"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Playful indecency usurped<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pretending intellectual understanding<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Precocious icy undertaking<\/p>\n\n\n

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There was a new sheriff in town.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Fortunately, that didn\u2019t deter the Rouletters, who came out in international force, thanks to the 25th anniversary of the Austin International Poetry Festival.<\/p>\n\n\n

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A selection of \u201cPretense Is Underrated\u201d books was thoughtfully procured by Malvern Books. Two of which, actually had the word \u201cpretense\u201d in it, but thanks to the magic of \u00a0displays, one had sold prior to the show.
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DONNA DECHEN BIRDWELL<\/strong>\u00a0showed us that sometimes pretending everything is okay makes it easier to survive the unacceptable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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