To be a lover of film is to know what it is to be punched in the chest by something with no body, no shape, no corporeal… Read more “A Review of The Absolution of Roberto Acestes Laing by Nicholas Rombes”
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Gutted and Rising: A Review of Blood Lyrics by Katie Ford
In her third volume of poetry, Blood Lyrics: Poems from Graywolf Press, Katie Ford a rough story, housing her poems within a sweeping arc across the length… Read more “Gutted and Rising: A Review of Blood Lyrics by Katie Ford”
Typewriter Sentiments: Tyler Knott Gregson’s Chasers of the Light
A few years ago Tyler Knott Gregson wandered into an antique store near his home in Helena, Montana, and discovered a beat up old Remington typewriter for… Read more “Typewriter Sentiments: Tyler Knott Gregson’s Chasers of the Light”
Mermaids and Glass Prisons: Matthea Harvey’s If the Tabloids Are True What Are You?
Matthea Harvey’s new book If the Tabloids Are True What Are You? is possibly too clever for its own good, and I have no idea what it’s about. Naturally,… Read more “Mermaids and Glass Prisons: Matthea Harvey’s If the Tabloids Are True What Are You?”
The Immortality We Carry with Us: The Poetry Deal by Diane di Prima
SMASH THE MEDIA, I said, AND BURN THE SCHOOLS so people can meet, can sit and talk to each other, warm and close no TV image flickering… Read more “The Immortality We Carry with Us: The Poetry Deal by Diane di Prima”
Jennifer Knapp Is Facing the Music
In 1998 I was sixteen years old, even scrawnier than I am now, and very Christian. The world of Evangelicalism in the late 1990s was a unique and insular… Read more “Jennifer Knapp Is Facing the Music”
Hollywood Horror and History: 2 New Books for Movie Buffs
Horror movies, particularly zombie films, are often discarded as mere entertainment, derivative pulp, or fanboy escapism. This is undoubtedly sometimes true, but just as often horror films… Read more “Hollywood Horror and History: 2 New Books for Movie Buffs”
Sleaze and Sympathy: A Review of Carsick by John Waters
The Pope of Trash. The Prince of Puke. The King of Sleaze. The various nicknames assigned to filmmaker John Waters over his nearly half-century career might seem… Read more “Sleaze and Sympathy: A Review of Carsick by John Waters”
Hope at the End of the World: A Review of Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven
Emily St. John Mandel’s fourth novel begins at the end of the world and ends at the hopeful beginning of another. A world wide flu pandemic wipes… Read more “Hope at the End of the World: A Review of Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven”
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