Richard Hell's "Godlike"

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Feb 13, 202600:41:41Arts

Richard Hell joins Kate Wolf to speak about the reissue of his novel, "Godlike." Originally published in 2005, "Godlike" transposes the relationship of the 19th century poets Arthur Rimabaud and Paul Verlaine to 1970s Ne...

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