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Translation Tuesdays: Art on Fire, by Yun Ko-eun

October 28, 2025October 26, 2025 driftlessareareview

Art on Fire, by turns comical and apocalyptic, is a brilliant satire of the art world, late-stage capitalism, and climate change. Continue reading Translation Tuesdays: Art on Fire, by Yun Ko-eun

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Espresso Shots: There Are Reasons For This: A Novel, by Nini Berndt

July 6, 2025 driftlessareareview

There Are Reasons For This possesses a strange beauty. It tells a sad yet joyous love story amid ecological apocalypse and global economic collapse. Continue reading Espresso Shots: There Are Reasons For This: A Novel, by Nini Berndt

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Biography Mondays: Nonbinary: A Memoir, by Genesis P-Orridge

January 22, 2024January 21, 2024 driftlessareareview

How do you short-circuit control? Continue reading Biography Mondays: Nonbinary: A Memoir, by Genesis P-Orridge

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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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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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AMERICAN ODD: CONCLUDING UNSCIENTIFIC POSTSCRIPT; OR, DIVERSE OPINIONS REGARDING OUR AMERICAN ODDBALL CO-INHABITANTS

April 18, 2021 driftlessareareview

A celebration of everything odd, strange, and bizarre abou America. Continue reading AMERICAN ODD: CONCLUDING UNSCIENTIFIC POSTSCRIPT; OR, DIVERSE OPINIONS REGARDING OUR AMERICAN ODDBALL CO-INHABITANTS

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AMERICAN ODD: A Road Trip Through Visionary Wisconsin: The House on the Rock and The Forevertron

April 18, 2021 driftlessareareview

A travel essay on visionary architecture in Wisconsin. Continue reading AMERICAN ODD: A Road Trip Through Visionary Wisconsin: The House on the Rock and The Forevertron

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Art After Stonewall, 1969 – 1989, by Jonathan Weinberg @ NYJB

June 14, 2020May 25, 2025 driftlessareareview

“Art After Stonewall is an engaging and illuminating chronicle of gay liberation. Art, photography, essays, and interviews reveal a movement in all its triumph and shortcomings.” Continue reading Art After Stonewall, 1969 – 1989, by Jonathan Weinberg @ NYJB

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Celebrating Pride Month!

June 1, 2020July 15, 2020 driftlessareareview

The Driftless Area Review celebrate Gay Pride! Continue reading Celebrating Pride Month!

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Wednesday Comics Panel: Hellboy: 25 Years of Covers, by Mike Mignola @ nyjb

October 30, 2019May 25, 2025 driftlessareareview

Hellboy: 25 Years of Covers by Mike Mignola turns these pulpy misadventures into immaculate art. Continue reading Wednesday Comics Panel: Hellboy: 25 Years of Covers, by Mike Mignola @ nyjb

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