This week at CCLaP, I investigate Gynecocracy, by Viscount Ladywood for the NSFW Files. In the novel, a wayward aristocratic man gets a stern lesson in forced feminization and the proper wearing of a corset. Who knew the Victorian era was so naughty? Continue reading NSFW Files: Gynecocracy, by Viscount Ladywood
The Tragedy of Fidel Castro by João Cerqueira can be read as alternate history, political fable, or dark comedy. The novel finds JFK and Castro in a fatal battle. Continue reading Translation Tuesday: The Tragedy of Fidel Castro, by João Cerqueira
“diatomhero: religious poems” by Lisa A. Flowers is only a little over fifty pages long, making it look and feel like a high quality magazine, some lost pagan relic turned afterlife samizdat. Continue reading diatomhero: religious poems, by Lisa A. Flowers
Today in CCLaP’s essay series on subversive erotic classics, “The NSFW Files,” Karl Wolff looks at Petronius’s first-century AD ribald romp through the Roman Empire, “The Satyricon.” Continue reading The NSFW Files: The Satyricon by Petronius
Today at CCLaP, Karl Wolff introduces his new essay series for 2013, “The NSFW Files,” which over the rest of this year will investigate the historical and literary worth of erotica through the ages, from ancient Rome to modern times. Continue reading CCLaP Fridays: A new essay series, The NSFW Files
This week at CCLaP I review Mania! by Ronald KL Collins and David M. Skover, which looks at the history of the Beat Generation through the lens of free speech. Continue reading CCLaP Fridays: Mania! by Ronald K.L. Collins and David M. Skover
Karl Wolff begins 2013 reviewing Seth Kaufman’s novel “The King of Pain,” about a reality TV producer lodged beneath his giant home entertainment system, his predicament complicated by reading a short story collection about prisons written by someone named Seth Kaufman. Continue reading CCLaP Fridays: The King of Pain, by Seth Kaufman
Today at CCLaP: In his last essay for On Being Human, Karl Wolff looks at ‘The Man Who Fell to Earth,’ Nicholas Roeg’s 1976 sci-fi art-house masterpiece. Continue reading On Being Human: The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976, Nicholas Roeg)
It’s day three of CCLaP’s “Year in Books 2012” report! Today, staff writer Karl Wolff takes a look at his favorite reads in 2012, broken down by specific category. Continue reading CCLaP Fridays Wednesday: The Year in Books 2012: Karl Wolff’s Picks
This week for my penultimate entry in the On Being Human series I examine “Nekropolis” by Maureen McHugh, a novel about an artificial being called a harni and Hariba, a woman who has been “jessed” into subservience. Continue reading On Being Human: Nekropolis, by Maureen McHugh
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