Espresso Shots: Wanting, by Claire Jia
Wanting by Claire Jia is an epic tale of friendship, betrayal, adultery, media, and resentment. Continue reading Espresso Shots: Wanting, by Claire Jia
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Critic’s Notebook: A Blog Update and the Challenge of Digital Preservation
Review uploading and the challenge of digital preservation. Continue reading Critic’s Notebook: A Blog Update and the Challenge of Digital Preservation
Wednesday Poetry Corner: Heroic Dose, by Matt Longabucco
With a delicate balance between the everyday and the sublime, Heroic Dose by Matt Longabucco ensorcels the reader with narrative and serial poems. Continue reading Wednesday Poetry Corner: Heroic Dose, by Matt Longabucco
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
How to Detonate the Novel: A Rough Guide to the Later Fiction of Louis Armand
Form follows destruction. Continue reading How to Detonate the Novel: A Rough Guide to the Later Fiction of Louis Armand
Translation Tuesdays: Living Things, by Munir Hachemi
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
Wednesday Poetry Corner: Numbers, by Rachel Blau DuPlessis
Numbers is a beautifully rendered poetic artifact, a rollicking admixture of visuals and text Continue reading Wednesday Poetry Corner: Numbers, by Rachel Blau DuPlessis
Biography Mondays: Karl Marx: Greatness and Illusion, by Gareth Stedman Jones
Karl Marx: Greatness and Illusion is an indispensable volume, an epic about a man and his times. Continue reading Biography Mondays: Karl Marx: Greatness and Illusion, by Gareth Stedman Jones
Translation Tuesdays: Mater 2-10, by Hwang Sok-yong
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
Critic’s Notebook: Random Thoughts on the Barbie movie
Barbie is a quest narrative. Continue reading Critic’s Notebook: Random Thoughts on the Barbie movie
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