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
My last installment of Mondays with the Supremes. I sum up my thoughts on the Supreme Court. This feature will return on a more irregular basis, focusing on one book about the Supreme Court. Continue reading Mondays with the Supremes: Part IX: Cass Gilbert’s Steps
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
In this installment of Mondays with the Supremes, we look ideological purity, the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Justice Clarence Thomas. Continue reading Mondays with the Supremes: Part VII: The Ideological Litmus Test
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
This week I review Mary Kennedy Eastham’s short story collection, “Squinting Over Water,” where characters have to come to terms with loss. Continue reading CCLaP Fridays: Squinting Over Water: Stories, by Mary Kennedy Eastham
This book proves its usefulness in its good timing. Coleman and Weaver investigate the numerous pop cultural pieces here, analyzing how specific treatments reflect attitudes of society at large. Continue reading Reviews in Brief: Werewolves and Other Shapeshifters in Popular Culture, by Kimberley McMahon-Coleman and Roslyn Weaver
Today on the CCLaP Podcast, it’s the conclusion of A Podcast Dreadful, the center’s 12-part serial-fiction audiobook anthology taking place every Monday this autumn. Today’s episode includes: “Steamhouse,” part 12 of 12, by Davis Schneiderman; “The Pool,” part 8 of 8, by Jim Ruland; “The Gothickers,” part 12 of 12, by Keith McCleary and Sophia G. Starmack; “Cure,” part 4 of 4, by Ben Tanzer; and “Dr. Lazarus Faust and the Anarchist Masquerade,” part 12 of 12, by Karl Wolff. Continue reading Podcast Dreadful, episode 12 of 12
The Driftless Area Review 