Koh has written an engaging personal history of a mundane supermarket staple. Continue reading Espresso Shots: Foreign Fruit: A Personal History of the Orange, by Katie Goh
Dances with Wolves was a terrible movie. Continue reading Adventures in Intersectionality: Part 2: Personal Taste(s)
Living Things is a socioeconomic critique of industrial agriculture, but can also be read as Cronenberg-style body horror. Continue reading Translation Tuesdays: Living Things, by Munir Hachemi
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
“Harsh Times by Mario Vargas Llosa recounts a disastrous event in the past, but it is also highly relevant in this era of disinformation, extremism, and violence.” Continue reading Translation Tuesdays: Harsh Times by Mario Vargas Llosa @ nyjb
CCLaP Links Not Working? Since 2012 I have reviewed books for the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography (CCLaP). Recently CCLaP has moved its website to a new WordPress platform. If you haven’t already, you should check out the New Look. Unfortunately, during the transition the old links couldn’t be transferred over. What does this mean? I will have to change the links for every book review and related post. This will be a long-term summer project on my end. I ask for your patience and understanding in this matter. In the mean time I have included a new CCLaP … Continue reading Blog Update for October 2017
“The War on Alcohol” by Lisa McGirr retells the story of Prohibition with a cocktail of case studies, legal analysis, and a broad scope. Continue reading The War on Alcohol: Prohibition and the Rise of the American State, by Lisa McGirr @ NYJB
My collaborative article with Brian West is in the current issue of Alcoholmanac. You can find print copies at Milwaukee-area taverns and liquor stores. Continue reading Wisconsin Microdistilleries @ Alcoholmanac
The worlds of anime, Reddit, and kitchenware collide in this new work by Michael Sean LeSueur Continue reading CCLaP Fridays: Pixiegate Madoka, by Michael Sean LeSueur
I review books on Hitler’s domestic spaces and how Germany deals with 4 centuries of history over at the New York Journal of Books. Continue reading 2 books on Germany @ NYJB
The Driftless Area Review 