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Espresso Shots: Lungfish, by Louis Armand

September 13, 2026 driftlessareareview

Lungfish is a weird and wonderful novel, like its fishy namesake, a bizarre hybrid thing, swimming in water and breathing air. Continue reading Espresso Shots: Lungfish, by Louis Armand

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Commonplace Book: Dune’s Warning About Thinking Machines

May 24, 2026 driftlessareareview

“It burned a hatred and fear of thinking machines so deeply into the human psyche that one wonders if that would has yet completely healed.” Continue reading Commonplace Book: Dune’s Warning About Thinking Machines

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Blog Update January 2026

January 19, 2026 driftlessareareview

On this cold, windy, and otherwise miserable day, it’s time for a blog update. Continue reading Blog Update January 2026

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Critic’s Notebook: A Blog Update and the Challenge of Digital Preservation

August 10, 2025 driftlessareareview

Review uploading and the challenge of digital preservation. Continue reading Critic’s Notebook: A Blog Update and the Challenge of Digital Preservation

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Adventures in Intersectionality: Part 2: Personal Taste(s)

April 28, 2025April 28, 2025 driftlessareareview

Dances with Wolves was a terrible movie. Continue reading Adventures in Intersectionality: Part 2: Personal Taste(s)

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CRITICAL APPRAISALS: RADICAL VOICES: CASCELLA, ROBERTSON, BROSSARD, Part 3

December 19, 2024December 14, 2024 driftlessareareview

Singed can be seen as a chimera and a rhizomatic desiring-machine. Continue reading CRITICAL APPRAISALS: RADICAL VOICES: CASCELLA, ROBERTSON, BROSSARD, Part 3

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CRITICAL APPRAISALS: RADICAL VOICES: CASCELLA, ROBERTSON, BROSSARD, Part 2

December 18, 2024December 15, 2024 driftlessareareview

Despite the fakeness of authenticity, can one find authenticity in artifice? Continue reading CRITICAL APPRAISALS: RADICAL VOICES: CASCELLA, ROBERTSON, BROSSARD, Part 2

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CRITICAL APPRAISALS: RADICAL VOICES: CASCELLA, ROBERTSON, BROSSARD

December 17, 2024December 14, 2024 driftlessareareview

Avant Desire is an anthology of fiction and non-fiction by and about Nicole Brossard. Brossard is an out lesbian, political radical, and creator of various literary experiments. Continue reading CRITICAL APPRAISALS: RADICAL VOICES: CASCELLA, ROBERTSON, BROSSARD

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Critic’s Notebook: Casanova, a ballet by Kenneth Tindall

November 17, 2024 driftlessareareview

Micro-review of Midjourney: “It produces art like Thomas Kinkade on Ambien.” Continue reading Critic’s Notebook: Casanova, a ballet by Kenneth Tindall

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How to Detonate the Novel: A Rough Guide to the Later Fiction of Louis Armand

May 1, 2024April 30, 2024 driftlessareareview

Form follows destruction. Continue reading How to Detonate the Novel: A Rough Guide to the Later Fiction of Louis Armand

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