This week at the New York Journal of Books, I review Tales of Two Cities: Paris, London, and the Birth of the Modern City, by Jonathan Conlin, which is “. . . an entertaining account that strings together fascinating factoids into a tapestry of urban history and cultural anthropology.” Continue reading Tales of Two Cities: Paris, London, and the Birth of the Modern City, by Jonathan Conlin @ NYRB
At NYJB, I review Happy Mutant Baby Pills, by Jerry Stahl, “. . . a comical descent into the carefully choreographed madness of contemporary American culture.” Continue reading Happy Mutant Baby Pills, by Jerry Stahl @ NYJB
My Crazy Century, by Ivan Klima, is a memoir about the famous author’s Czech childhood and adulthood under Nazi and Communist occupations, shot through with wit and rage. Continue reading My Crazy Century: a memoir, by Ivan Klima @ NYJB
At CCLaP today, I review a mind-bending space opera from Image Comics and CCLaP Journal #2 is available for your reading pleasure. Continue reading A CCLaP Mini-Review and the CCLaP Journal #2
The Megapolitan Flâneur is a series of short travel essays. These essays will focus on my trip to Chicago – September 4 – 6, 2013 – and what I experienced. Neither chronology or inventory, the essays will be reflective, free associative, and impressionistic. Full Disclosure: I am a staff member and assistant editor for the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography (CCLaP). While I did wander and amble throughout Chicago, this was a “working vacation” for me. “A commodity appears at first sight an extremely obvious, trivial thing. But its analysis brings out that it is a very strange thing, … Continue reading The Megapolitan Flaneur: Part 3: Objects and Meaning
Stanley Weintraub’s brisk, short, and informative book covers FDR’s years as Undersecretary of the Navy under President Woodrow Wilson, where FDR has to contend with the shadow of his wife’s uncle, former President Teddy Roosevelt. Continue reading Young Mr. Roosevelt, by Stanley Weintraub@NYJB
My new book, “On Being Human,” has been published (in both ebook and handmade hardcover versions) by the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography. You should go out and buy a copy right now! Continue reading CCLaP: “On Being Human,” by Karl Wolff, on sale now!
This week Karl Wolff reviews “Fighting for an American Countryside” by Jennifer Vogel, an in-depth look at the economic, political, and cultural challenges facing rural Minnesota in a world ravaged by the Great Recession. Continue reading CCLaP Fridays: Fighting for an American Countryside, by Jennifer Vogel
In this interview, I talk with Ivan Goldman about our damaged and corrupt justice system, media scaremongering, and those annoying (and seemingly omnipotent) Koch brothers. Continue reading The Ivan G. Goldman Interview
A series dedicated to examining the science fiction and fantasy films from 1979 to 1989. The series will investigate whether these films possess certain ineffable qualities missing from today’s films of the same genres. This time, “Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark.” Continue reading 80sSFF: Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
The Driftless Area Review 