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Cultural Writing. Film history and criticism. “Jalal Toufic is an amazing writer. He documents the moves of consciousness in a way that leads the reader ever deeper, from impasse to illusion to new impasse–turning the trap of ‘what can’t be named’ into a true paradise”–Richard Foreman. “Relentlessly uncompromising. Toufic’s radical and visionary poetics gird the reader to forge ahead into uncharted territory”–Village Voice. “Jalal Toufic is one of the best writers in America today…and his first 2 books, DISTRACTED and (VAMPIRES), are some of the best writing of the past 20 years”–John Zorn, Film Works IV. Jalal Toufic is a teacher, film theorist, video artist, and author of several books. His films have been shown worldwide.
