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Adventures in Intersectionality, art, books, Critical Appraisals, erotica, experimental, fiction, film, food, France, german, history, horror, humor, irish, LGBT, media, miscellaneous, modernism, music, non-fiction, Poetry, pop culture, postmodernism, Pride Plus, science fiction, theater, TVLeave a comment

Adventures in Intersectionality: Part 2: Personal Taste(s)

April 28, 2025April 28, 2025 driftlessareareview

Dances with Wolves was a terrible movie. Continue reading Adventures in Intersectionality: Part 2: Personal Taste(s)

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CRITICAL APPRAISALS: RADICAL VOICES: CASCELLA, ROBERTSON, BROSSARD, Part 3

December 19, 2024December 14, 2024 driftlessareareview

Singed can be seen as a chimera and a rhizomatic desiring-machine. Continue reading CRITICAL APPRAISALS: RADICAL VOICES: CASCELLA, ROBERTSON, BROSSARD, Part 3

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CRITICAL APPRAISALS: RADICAL VOICES: CASCELLA, ROBERTSON, BROSSARD

December 17, 2024December 14, 2024 driftlessareareview

Avant Desire is an anthology of fiction and non-fiction by and about Nicole Brossard. Brossard is an out lesbian, political radical, and creator of various literary experiments. Continue reading CRITICAL APPRAISALS: RADICAL VOICES: CASCELLA, ROBERTSON, BROSSARD

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How to Detonate the Novel: A Rough Guide to the Later Fiction of Louis Armand

May 1, 2024April 30, 2024 driftlessareareview

Form follows destruction. Continue reading How to Detonate the Novel: A Rough Guide to the Later Fiction of Louis Armand

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Wednesday Poetry Corner: Numbers, by Rachel Blau DuPlessis

November 22, 2023November 19, 2023 driftlessareareview

Numbers is a beautifully rendered poetic artifact, a rollicking admixture of visuals and text Continue reading Wednesday Poetry Corner: Numbers, by Rachel Blau DuPlessis

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Espresso Shots: 404 Error: memoir of a nobody, by RG Vasicek & Zak Ferguson

October 22, 2023 driftlessareareview

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

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Critic’s Notebook: Random Thoughts on the Barbie movie

July 30, 2023July 30, 2023 driftlessareareview

Barbie is a quest narrative. Continue reading Critic’s Notebook: Random Thoughts on the Barbie movie

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Commonplace Book: 3 Random Passages from Richard Makin Novels

June 12, 2023June 10, 2023 driftlessareareview

Bendy words heaped into bulwarks. Continue reading Commonplace Book: 3 Random Passages from Richard Makin Novels

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CRITICAL APPRAISALS: JOYCE / BECKETT // ASHBERY /// MAKIN – Part Five

June 11, 2023June 4, 2023 driftlessareareview

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

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CRITICAL APPRAISALS: JOYCE / BECKETT // ASHBERY /// MAKIN – Part 3

June 7, 2023June 4, 2023 driftlessareareview

Yet even an anti-novel is still a novel. Continue reading CRITICAL APPRAISALS: JOYCE / BECKETT // ASHBERY /// MAKIN – Part 3

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