I’m not sure exactly when Final Girl #1 came out, as the tumblr for the zine has precious little information about said zine, but it doesn’t really matter.… Read more “A review of feminist horror anthology zine Final Girl”
Author: David Nilsen
A Review of Scruffians: Stories of Better Sodomites by Hal Duncan
Hal Duncan’s Scruffians: Stories of Better Sodomites is a collection of fantastical stories that are at points silly, grotesque, absurd, transgressive, poignant, and usually more than one of those things… Read more “A Review of Scruffians: Stories of Better Sodomites by Hal Duncan”
A Review of The Crimes of Clara Turlington by Meg Johnson
The Crimes of Clara Turlington by Meg Johnson (Vine Leave Press, 2015) is a thin collection full of sex and fire. These pieces are mostly poems, but… Read more “A Review of The Crimes of Clara Turlington by Meg Johnson”
I Don’t Know How to Help You
I Don’t Know How to Help You is a zine about depression and how we keep each other afloat in the middle of it. Edited by Pioneers… Read more “I Don’t Know How to Help You”
A Review of Matthew Griffin’s Hide
Matthew Griffin’s debut novel Hide (Bloomsbury, 2016) is the story of a lifelong love that has carved out a shelter in the shadows of a cruel and intolerant… Read more “A Review of Matthew Griffin’s Hide”
A Review of Constellarium by Jordan Rice
Everyone longs for bad reasons most of their lives, and those of us who know it lie or shut up. – from Diana In her debut collection Constellarium… Read more “A Review of Constellarium by Jordan Rice”
A Review of Square Wave by Mark De Silva
Mark De Silva’s Square Wave (Two Dollar Radio, 2016) is an ambitious and wholly unique novel. The book feels hewn from the stuff of another literary age while… Read more “A Review of Square Wave by Mark De Silva”
The Vellum Underground, Number 3
On a recent trip to Quimby’s, I picked up the third issue of a zine called The Vellum Underground (along with a pile of others). It’s thick as… Read more “The Vellum Underground, Number 3”
Days of Heaven (1978)
In April, the Third Floor Film Series will be a screening of Days of Heaven. This 1978 film by visionary director Terrence Malick is one of the most visually… Read more “Days of Heaven (1978)”
A Review of Laura Horak’s Girls Will Be Boys
Laura Horak’s new book Girls Will Be Boys: Cross-Dressed Women, Lesbians, and American Cinema (Rutgers University Press, 2016) is an exhaustively researched and insightful look at gender norms and… Read more “A Review of Laura Horak’s Girls Will Be Boys”
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