Stephen Graham Jones - Where 'Paranormal Activity' really comes int

Where 'Paranormal Activity' really comes into its own is its rhetoric of legitimacy - how it uses itself to authenticate itself, and thus furthers the pretence of being real.

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Jones, Stephen Graham. "Stephen Graham Jones Quotes." Quotefancy, quotefancy.com/stephen-graham-jones-quotes.

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About the Author

Stephen Graham Jones

Born:
Nationality: Native American (Blackfeet)
Profession: Writer, Ivena Baldwin Professor English At

Biography

Stephen Graham Jones is a Blackfeet Native American author of experimental fiction, horror fiction, crime fiction, and science fiction. Although his recent work is often classified as horror, he is celebrated for applying more "literary" stylings to a variety of speculative genres, as well as his prolificacy, having published 22 books under the age of 50.

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