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Under the Skin Isle of Misfortune I’ve always been an outsider, an alien, a stranger in every tribe. — James Carlos Blake, “The Outsider,” Los Angeles Times Book Review, May 17, 1998 James Carlos Blake writes novels and short stories that deal with macho types engaged in violent and generally illicit pursuits, living on the […]https://www.texasobserver.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/about-the-texas-observer.jpg740402