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  • Lethem has often sought to interweave the realistic and the fantastic; in Chronic City the result is nearly seamless.

    Chronic City: Summary and book reviews of Chronic City by Jonathan Lethem. 2009

  • But whimsy is not exactly a postmodern mode, and in Chronic City it betrays a certain aesthetic timidity.

    The Reading Experience 2010

  • But whimsy is not exactly a postmodern mode, and in Chronic City it betrays a certain aesthetic timidity.

    Postmodernism 2010

  • But whimsy is not exactly a postmodern mode, and in Chronic City it betrays a certain aesthetic timidity.

    April 2010 2010

  • At different points in Chronic City Perkus Tooth seems to attempt to sustain himself completely on culture and language, then, alternately, to try to leave culture and language entirely behind and live a "pure" life.

    Chronic City by Jonathan Lethem: Questions 2009

  • But whimsy is not exactly a postmodern mode, and in Chronic City it betrays a certain aesthetic timidity.

    Detecting a Wrongness 2010

  • Panatella, the Colorado consortium, applied to trademark Mellow Yellow and many more oldies, including the word Chronic (pot slang made popular a decade ago by rapper Snoop Dogg), along with Maui Wowie, Albino Rhino and others.

    Patent Office Raises High Hopes, Then Snuffs Them Out 2010

  • Note: Anti-depresants are widely used in Chronic Pain for the relief they give and not necessarily for depression and/or anxiety (that isn't to say that people with Chronic Pain don't commonly have these conditions also.)

    Treatment for chronic pain ... 2007

  • Panatella, the Colorado consortium, applied to trademark Mellow Yellow and many more oldies, including the word Chronic (pot slang made popular a decade ago by rapper Snoop Dogg), along with Maui Wowie, Albino Rhino and others.

    Gawker 2010

  • Zamboni rocked the global MS community last November by linking blocked veins in the head, neck and shoulders to the symptoms of the disease - a condition he dubbed Chronic

    SIMCOE - Home 2010

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