Underworld: From Hoboken to Hollywood, by Kaz @ NYJB
Like SpongeBob SquarePants? Like Phineas and Ferb? Then you’ll love “Underworld: From Hoboken to Hollywood,” by Kaz. Continue reading Underworld: From Hoboken to Hollywood, by Kaz @ NYJB
Category: fiction
Translation Tuesdays: The Iliad: A New Translation by Caroline Alexander @ NYJB
After ten years of war, soldiers have grown weary. The leadership now endures uncouth criticism of its policy, accusations of self-interest and self-aggrandizement become commonplace. The gods remain fickle, taking sides and influencing the ground game. Some things never change. Continue reading Translation Tuesdays: The Iliad: A New Translation by Caroline Alexander @ NYJB
Critic’s Notebook: David Bowie and the Physiology of Taste
The Argument David Bowie’s recent death has closed a page on music history. On a more personal level, Bowie has been a constant in my life for decades. Beyond mere 80s nostalgia (Labyrinth) or 90s nostalgia (Lost Highway, Outside, and Earthling), Bowie has been instrumental to me personally as a taste-maker. He led me down strange avenues and provided the raw material for discovery and aesthetic experimentation. Embryo My fascinating with David Bowie began early. I can still remember the first Bowie album I bought, sometime in the Nineties. It was a CD of Tonight (1984), an album even Bowie … Continue reading Critic’s Notebook: David Bowie and the Physiology of Taste
CCLaP Fridays: Voltaire’s Excellent Adventure: The Broken Boarder: Gatsby, Booze, and Hot Philosopher Action! By Martin D. Gibbs and Arthur Graham
This week I review a rollicking metafictional postmodernist romp that involves philosophy, drinking, and squirrels. Continue reading CCLaP Fridays: Voltaire’s Excellent Adventure: The Broken Boarder: Gatsby, Booze, and Hot Philosopher Action! By Martin D. Gibbs and Arthur Graham
The Prison in Antares, by Mike Resnick @ CCLaP
This week I review Mike Resnick’s fast-paced military sci fi novel, The Prison in Antares, at CCLaP. Continue reading The Prison in Antares, by Mike Resnick @ CCLaP
Translation Tuesdays: Arvida, by Samuel Archibald @ NYJB
The small town of Arvida, Quebec, becomes the focal point for Samuel Archibald’s haunting short story collection. Continue reading Translation Tuesdays: Arvida, by Samuel Archibald @ NYJB
On Being Human Redux: Frankenstein Underground, by Mike Mignola and Ben Stenbeck
When I wrote “On Being Human,” I wrote an essay on Mike Mignola’s “Hellboy.” “Frankenstein Underground” expands on Mignola’s pulpy universe, giving us a fun graphic novel about Frankenstein’s monster. Continue reading On Being Human Redux: Frankenstein Underground, by Mike Mignola and Ben Stenbeck
Translation Tuesdays: Murder Most Serene, by Gabrielle Wittkop @ NYJB
Venice, renown the world over for its beauty and riches, becomes the setting for Gabrielle Wittkop’s Murder Most Serene. The slim novella opens in the latter days of the Serene Republic of Venice, in 1796. Corruption, both moral and physical, run rampant, creating a fetid atmosphere of gorgeous decay and depravity. Events center around the unfortunate household of Count Alvise Lanzi, an elderly bookish aristocrat whose wives mysteriously end up dying. The mysterious deaths are not investigated Agatha Christie-style, but create a curdled and festering air of conspiracy and rumor. This isn’t Venice with beautiful sunsets and romance on the … Continue reading Translation Tuesdays: Murder Most Serene, by Gabrielle Wittkop @ NYJB
Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace, by David Lipsky
“Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace,” by David Lipsky offers a unique look into the mind of an amazing writer. Continue reading Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace, by David Lipsky
Translation Tuesdays: H, by Philippe Sollers
Along with “Ulysses” and Beckett’s “Three Novels,” “H” can take its place in the permanent avant-garde. Continue reading Translation Tuesdays: H, by Philippe Sollers
The Driftless Area Review 