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25 Feb

Robert Olen Butler and A Small Hotel

Publishing
Robert Olen Butler (A Small Hotel) I mean being a...
A subway platform with a deceptive advertisement reading 'Hang on... I think it might be a trap.'
27 Jan

Sense of Deception

Publishing
I write about deception not to train the reader in...
Spirit Falls-Russian Text_page-0001
26 Jan

Spirit Falls in Russian

Publishing
Sergei has sent me the first chapters of his Russian...
Two faces merging, one overlapping the other in a surreal style.
27 Oct

Misdirection

Denial and Deception / Principals of Deception
You don't have to fool all of the people all...
A t-shirt with a provocative political statement and Che Guevara's image.
04 Oct

Denial – hide the truth

Denial and Deception
I add two caveats before I go on. Though I...
Soviet-era illustration with a happy family reading Pravda and a worried yellow figure.
18 Sep

All deception is based on truth

Denial and Deception
A first rule of deception is truth. All deception works...
Two faces merging, one overlapping the other in a surreal style.
08 Sep

Pricipals of deception, or “Rules in a knife fight”

Active Measures / Denial and Deception
You are traversing a large and dark room.  Dim bulbs...
A subway platform with a deceptive advertisement reading 'Hang on... I think it might be a trap.'
25 Jun

This Web Log is about…

Publishing
The purpose of this website is to make sense of...
A logo with the text 'Liar's Path' and footsteps crossing a red circular line.
12 Mar

Towards the next novel

Publishing
March 15, 2011And on reading War and Peace (Tolstoi), On...
Soldiers inside a bunker during wartime, wearing numbered uniforms.
02 Dec

Memories from the time of Stalin

Cold War
I am reading interviews about Soviet repression that the Russia Memorial...

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