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Chiasmus has also published unreconstructed cyberpunk/body horror by Colette Phair.
Nick Mamatas' Journal nihilistic_kid 2009
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Not only are your callbacks great, I suggest you write a complete post as a single Chiasmus.
BSNYC Friday Non-Quiz! BikeSnobNYC 2009
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It's a new podcast series hosted by CP's east coast commandant, Shane Hinton, and features conversations with Chiasmus authors and artists.
Podcast :: Interviews from the Edge Denise 2007
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Chiasmus. com is a site devoted to cataloging and discussing chiasmatic phrases:
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What is Chiasmus? fun word play site (great for headline writers?).
Archive 2003-01-01 liz donovan 2003
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What is Chiasmus? fun word play site (great for headline writers?).
Behind the News liz donovan 2003
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Chiasmus, for instance, "occurs when words or other elements are repeated with their order reversed."
The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - washingtonpost.com Michael Dirda 2011
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The Chiasmus closes with 'Lose Yourself, which is I guess largely self-explanatory.
The Line Of Best Fit Matt Poacher 2010
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The ancient device of the [[Chiasmus]], unknown to Wellhausen, when rediscovered by modern scholars, demonstrates that the Flood account
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The ancient device of the [[Chiasmus]], unknown to Wellhausen, when rediscovered by modern scholars, demonstrates that the Flood account
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