Commonplace Book: “Steam Shovel,” by Kirby Congdon
“the steam shovel, dry, vomits stone” Continue reading Commonplace Book: “Steam Shovel,” by Kirby Congdon
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Espresso Shots: There Are Reasons For This: A Novel, by Nini Berndt
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
Espresso Shots: Foreign Fruit: A Personal History of the Orange, by Katie Goh
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
Blog Update May 2025
Why are there so many dead links? Continue reading Blog Update May 2025
Adventures in Intersectionality: Part 4: Notes Towards Canon(s) of Intersectionality
This is my personal attempt to construct a Canon of Intersectionality. Continue reading Adventures in Intersectionality: Part 4: Notes Towards Canon(s) of Intersectionality
Adventures in Intersectionality: Part 3: LGBT / POC / Disability / First Books — Part 3a
Colgate, through the use of accessibility symbology, turns what would be a standard collection of poems into a simulacra of a museum visit. Continue reading Adventures in Intersectionality: Part 3: LGBT / POC / Disability / First Books — Part 3a
Adventures in Intersectionality: Part 3: LGBT / POC / Disability / First Books
The Relativity of Living Well, by Ashna Ali, is an angry and tender poetic screed written in the dark shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City. Continue reading Adventures in Intersectionality: Part 3: LGBT / POC / Disability / First Books
Adventures in Intersectionality: Part 2: Personal Taste(s)
Dances with Wolves was a terrible movie. Continue reading Adventures in Intersectionality: Part 2: Personal Taste(s)
Adventures in Intersectionality: Part 1: Introduction
Normal is a trap. It’s also boring. Continue reading Adventures in Intersectionality: Part 1: Introduction
Espresso Shots: Perestroika: An Eye For an Eye, A Tooth For a Tooth, by João Cerqueira
Perestroika is a powerful fable about the liberating nature of art and the desire for representative democracy. It is dulled by endless monologuing by cardboard characters. Continue reading Espresso Shots: Perestroika: An Eye For an Eye, A Tooth For a Tooth, by João Cerqueira
The Driftless Area Review 