How to Detonate the Novel: A Rough Guide to the Later Fiction of Louis Armand
Form follows destruction. Continue reading How to Detonate the Novel: A Rough Guide to the Later Fiction of Louis Armand
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Espresso Shots: 404 Error: memoir of a nobody, by RG Vasicek & Zak Ferguson
The short novel shifts between comedy and horror, commentary and meta-commentary, wetware and meatspace. Continue reading Espresso Shots: 404 Error: memoir of a nobody, by RG Vasicek & Zak Ferguson
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
Espresso Shots: Roses are Red, Violets are stealing loose change from my pockets while I sleep, by David S. Atkinson
Pop culture, politics, science fiction, and everyday surrealism combine into tiny literary confections. Continue reading Espresso Shots: Roses are Red, Violets are stealing loose change from my pockets while I sleep, by David S. Atkinson
Speculative Los Angeles, by Denise Hamilton @ nyjb
“Accessible, challenging, and fun by turns, Speculative Los Angeles possesses everything a fan could want.” Continue reading Speculative Los Angeles, by Denise Hamilton @ nyjb
Natural Complexions, by D. Harlan Wilson
Natural Complexions is a book that illuminates our addiction to social media, news cycles replete with violence and scandal, and the farcical idiocies of modern celebrities. Continue reading Natural Complexions, by D. Harlan Wilson
GlassHouse by Louis Armand
GlassHouse is a neo-noir phantasmorgia, Faulknerian and Lynchian by turns, written by a scholar of James Joyce and the avant-garde. Continue reading GlassHouse by Louis Armand
TOP THREE: BANGERS: NUMBER 2: “Jesus Built My Hotrod,” by Ministry
Personal, subjective rankings with a short commentary. (KEΦAΛHΞΘ aka) Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs Sire (1992) I must have discovered “Jesus Built My Hotrod” via the Butthole Surfers. In this propulsive, maniacal banger … Continue reading TOP THREE: BANGERS: NUMBER 2: “Jesus Built My Hotrod,” by Ministry
Reflections in Gold and Mud: Monstrosity, Agency, and Stability in Early Modern Europe
An essay exploring agency and identity of “freaks” in early modern Europe. Continue reading Reflections in Gold and Mud: Monstrosity, Agency, and Stability in Early Modern Europe
The Disorder of Things: Politics and The Printing Press in The Early Reformation (1517-1526)
Early modern Germany saw religious conflict weaponize the printing press. Continue reading The Disorder of Things: Politics and The Printing Press in The Early Reformation (1517-1526)
The Driftless Area Review 