The Radix, by Brett King @ Joe Bob Briggs
If you liked “the Da Vinci Code” or similar books involving conspiracies and ancient artifacts, “The Radix,” by Brett King may be the book for you. Continue reading The Radix, by Brett King @ Joe Bob Briggs
Tag: culture
Translation Tuesdays: The Kindly Ones, by Jonathan Littell
These remarks will be classified in The Critic’s Notebook. Unlike a more tightly constructed and formal book review, these notes will possess a larval nature: impressionistic, half-formed, spontaneous. Continue reading Translation Tuesdays: The Kindly Ones, by Jonathan Littell
An Interview with Joan Frank
I recently reviewed Joan Frank’s Make It Stay, a story of love and loss set in North California wine country. In the interview, we talk about the writing process, unreliable narrators, and the volatility of literary taste. Continue reading An Interview with Joan Frank
CCLaP Fridays: On Being Human: The Trilogy, by Samuel Beckett
This week in the CCLaP series “On Being Human,” Karl Wolff analyses Samuel Beckett’s groundbreaking “Trilogy,” where the famed avant-garde writer sought the essence of what it is to be human by stripping away the setting, plot, and characters of three small novels in a row. Continue reading CCLaP Fridays: On Being Human: The Trilogy, by Samuel Beckett
Translation Tuesdays: Firefly, by Severo Sarduy
Karl Wolff reviews Firefly by Severo Sarduy (release date, March 2013), a writer praised by Roland Barthes, for his verbal richness and dreamlike evocation of pre-Castro Cuba. Continue reading Translation Tuesdays: Firefly, by Severo Sarduy
Podcast Dreadful Episode 7 of 12
Today on the CCLaP Podcast, it’s episode 7 of A Podcast Dreadful, the center’s 12-part serial-fiction audiobook anthology taking place every Monday this autumn. Continue reading Podcast Dreadful Episode 7 of 12
Podcast Dreadful @ Quimby’s … now with video clips!
Video clips from the CCLaP Podcast Dreadful series held at Quimby’s Bookstore in Wicker Park, Chicago. Continue reading Podcast Dreadful @ Quimby’s … now with video clips!
CCLaP Fridays: The Passage of Power, by Robert Caro
This week I review “The Passage of Power,” Robert Caro’s 4th volume in his epic biography of Lyndon Johnson. Continue reading CCLaP Fridays: The Passage of Power, by Robert Caro
Critical Appraisals: A Spy in the Ruins, by Christopher Bernard
A Spy in the Ruins by Christopher Bernard constructs a postapocalyptic anti-narrative replete with verbal richness, political aggression, and erotic tenderness. Continue reading Critical Appraisals: A Spy in the Ruins, by Christopher Bernard
Podcast Dreadful Episode 5 is live!
Today on the CCLaP Podcast, it’s episode 5 of A Podcast Dreadful, the center’s 12-part serial-fiction audiobook anthology taking place every Monday this autumn. Today’s episode includes: “Steamhouse,” part 5 of 12, by Davis Schneiderman; “The Pool,” part 1 of 8, by Jim Ruland; “The Gothickers,” part 5 of 12, by Keith McCleary and Sophia G. Starmack; “The Preacher Man,” part 2 of 6, by Jason Fisk; and “Dr. Lazarus Faust and the Anarchist Masquerade,” part 5 of 12, by Karl Wolff. Continue reading Podcast Dreadful Episode 5 is live!
The Driftless Area Review 