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Don Nielsen mentions 'The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster'
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An Exploration and Defense of the Humor in Young Adult Literature

by Don L.F. Nlsen? and Allen Pace Nilsen?

Richard Brautigan also surprises readers with innocent sounding grossness. For example, he explains the title of his novel [sic] The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster: "When you take your pill it's like a mine disaster. I think of all the people lost inside you."


Journal of Reading?
October 26, 1982: 64



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