Countdown to CONvergence 2014: Samuel Beckett, science fiction writer
Samuel Beckett, science fiction writer, what is says on the tin. Continue reading Countdown to CONvergence 2014: Samuel Beckett, science fiction writer
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Countdown to CONvergence 2014
Countdown to CONvergence 2014! Are you excited? Continue reading Countdown to CONvergence 2014
CCLaP Fridays: The Wars of Heaven: Short Stories by Richard Currey
This week Karl Wolff reviews “The Wars of Heaven: Short Stories,” by Richard Currey, a series of six short stories and a novella focusing on the lives and fates of West Virginians during the Great Depression. Continue reading CCLaP Fridays: The Wars of Heaven: Short Stories by Richard Currey
The NSFW Files: Matriarchy: Freedom in Bondage, by Malcolm McKesson
This week Karl Wolff reviews, “Matriarchy: Freedom in Bondage,” by Malcolm McKesson for the penultimate installment of his essay series, The NSFW Files. Continue reading The NSFW Files: Matriarchy: Freedom in Bondage, by Malcolm McKesson
Commonplace Book: Tennessee Williams and the importance of queens to American culture
“Just imagine this place without queens in it. It would be absolutely barbaric.” — Candy from “And Tell Sad Stories of the Deaths of Queens …” (circa 1970, unpublished one-act play), by Tennessee Williams Continue reading Commonplace Book: Tennessee Williams and the importance of queens to American culture
Commonplace Book: Joris-Karl Huysmans, the Perpetual Optimist
Joris-Karl Huysmans elucidates the philosophy of “bros before hoes.” Continue reading Commonplace Book: Joris-Karl Huysmans, the Perpetual Optimist
Commonplace Book: William Faulkner, the Sensualist
William Faulkner’s description of Eula Varner overflows with excess sensuality and overheated symbolism. Continue reading Commonplace Book: William Faulkner, the Sensualist
CCLaP Fridays: Above All Men, by Eric Shonkwiler
This week I review “Above All Men,” by Eric Shonkwiler, a novel about a cattle farmer dealing with life in a post-collapse America, Continue reading CCLaP Fridays: Above All Men, by Eric Shonkwiler
CCLaP Fridays: Singapore Noir, edited by Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan
This week I review “Singapore Noir,” edited by Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan, about the dreamers, desperation, and bad decisions that make up the noir genre in a city with no crime. This is good crime fiction, lah. Continue reading CCLaP Fridays: Singapore Noir, edited by Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan
Like One: Poems for Boston, edited by Deborah Finkelstein
“Like One” is a beautiful anthology of poetry created to raise money for the victims of the Boston Marathon Bombing. Continue reading Like One: Poems for Boston, edited by Deborah Finkelstein
The Driftless Area Review 