Motorcycle Mayhem Week: Part 2
The Man with No Name, but on a motorcycle … after the nuclear apocalypse. Continue reading Motorcycle Mayhem Week: Part 2
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Besides writing book reviews for his own blog, Karl writes reviews and essays for several other venues. He lives in the Midwest and has a full-time job. Posts might be irregular, but a commitment to quality is the first priority. The blog has a variety of subject matter, ranging from guilty pleasures to out-of-print hidden gems.
Motorcycle Mayhem Week: Part 1
Terminator is a cool movie. Robocop is a cool movie. Let’s make a Terminator Robocop movie! Continue reading Motorcycle Mayhem Week: Part 1
Translation Tuesdays: Mater 2-10, by Hwang Sok-yong
Mater 2-10, by Hwang Sok-yong, chronicles Jino’s sit-in, weaving together Korean history and Jino’s family history into a multi-generational saga. Continue reading Translation Tuesdays: Mater 2-10, by Hwang Sok-yong
Critic’s Notebook: Random Thoughts on the Barbie movie
Barbie is a quest narrative. Continue reading Critic’s Notebook: Random Thoughts on the Barbie movie
Photography Fridays: L.A. Babe: The Real Women of Los Angeles 1975 – 1988, by Moshe Brakha
“Paris had Brassaï. And Berlin had Newton. But Moshe had L.A., babe.” Continue reading Photography Fridays: L.A. Babe: The Real Women of Los Angeles 1975 – 1988, by Moshe Brakha
Now on Mastodon
Hey, I’m now on Mastodon! Continue reading Now on Mastodon
Commonplace Book: 3 Random Passages from Richard Makin Novels
Bendy words heaped into bulwarks. Continue reading Commonplace Book: 3 Random Passages from Richard Makin Novels
CRITICAL APPRAISALS: JOYCE / BECKETT // ASHBERY /// MAKIN – Part Five
What Makin does in his literary projects is create meaning by both stripping down and overloading language with meaning. Continue reading CRITICAL APPRAISALS: JOYCE / BECKETT // ASHBERY /// MAKIN – Part Five
CRITICAL APPRAISALS: JOYCE / BECKETT // ASHBERY /// MAKIN – Part Four
Language is a toy, something played with, subverted, parodied, and explored. Continue reading CRITICAL APPRAISALS: JOYCE / BECKETT // ASHBERY /// MAKIN – Part Four
CRITICAL APPRAISALS: JOYCE / BECKETT // ASHBERY /// MAKIN – Part 3
Yet even an anti-novel is still a novel. Continue reading CRITICAL APPRAISALS: JOYCE / BECKETT // ASHBERY /// MAKIN – Part 3
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