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
Tag: economics
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
Economic Thought: A Brief History by Heinz D. Kurz @ nyjb
From ancient Greece to the modern globalized economy, Kurz distills the essence of various schools of thought and the personalities who made them. Continue reading Economic Thought: A Brief History by Heinz D. Kurz @ nyjb
More NSFW Files: Sin-a-Rama: Expanded Edition: Sleaze Sex Paperbacks of the Sixties, edited by Adam Parfey and B. Astrid Daley
Originally published in 2005, Feral House has reissued “Sin-a-Rama: Sleaze Sex Paperbacks of the Sixties” in a new, expanded edition. Edited by Adam Parfrey and B. Astrid Daley, Sin-a-Rama delves into this lesser known literary genre. Continue reading More NSFW Files: Sin-a-Rama: Expanded Edition: Sleaze Sex Paperbacks of the Sixties, edited by Adam Parfey and B. Astrid Daley
THE SETH KAUFMAN INTERVIEW
This year Seth Kaufman released “The War on Boredom,” a collection of short stories, and “Nuns with Guns,” a social satire on America’s unhealthy gun obsession. I talked with Seth about reality TV, nuns and guns, and the power of network television. Continue reading THE SETH KAUFMAN INTERVIEW
Scrapper, by Matt Bell @ NYJB
“Scrapper” is “a fictional glimpse 20 minutes into the future, staring into an economic abyss with a city abandoned by its leaders.” Continue reading Scrapper, by Matt Bell @ NYJB
The Driftless Area Review 