CRITIC’S NOTEBOOK: SOME THOUGHTS ON DUNE (2021) Neither a “hot take” nor a full-blown movie review, this essay is more inchoate and formless. More a chance to ruminate on the current blockbuster. Media analysis at its most impressionistic; less a … Continue reading CRITIC’S NOTEBOOK: SOME THOUGHTS ON DUNE (2021)
Natural Complexions is a book that illuminates our addiction to social media, news cycles replete with violence and scandal, and the farcical idiocies of modern celebrities. Continue reading Natural Complexions, by D. Harlan Wilson
“I don’t wanna live forever!!!” Continue reading TOP THREE: BANGERS: NUMBER 1: “Ace of Spades,” by Motörhead
Why I like the things I do … in short personal essays. Continue reading Top Three: An Introduction
You need to attend this Red Dwarf panel or else Mr. Flibble will be very cross. Continue reading #CVG2019: A Smeghead’s Guide to Red Dwarf
“Legion” is the best show on TV. Continue reading CCLaP Fridays: Legion on FX
This year Seth Kaufman released “The War on Boredom,” a collection of short stories, and “Nuns with Guns,” a social satire on America’s unhealthy gun obsession. I talked with Seth about reality TV, nuns and guns, and the power of network television. Continue reading THE SETH KAUFMAN INTERVIEW
“Nuns with Guns” by Seth Kaufman is a dark satire about 4 nuns, a reality show producer, and a televised gun exchange program. Hilarity ensues. Continue reading CCLaP Fridays: Nuns with Guns, by Seth Kaufman
This week I review Norman Mailer’s selected letters, giving a new perspective on an iconic and controversial author. Continue reading CCLaP Fridays: Selected Letters of Norman Mailer, edited by J. Michael Lennon
An occasional series that is a continuation of my essay anthology, On Being Human: critical looks at books and movies that examine the question of humanity. (Buy the limited edition hardcover, Kindle version, or download it for free at the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography.) Via Orphan Black: Season 3 will be premiering on April 18, 2015 on BBC America. Below are a series of notes on Seasons 1 and 2. Due to the nature of these essays, they contain many spoilers, major and minor. If you haven’t seen the series, I would suggest watching it before reading these … Continue reading On Being Human Redux: Notes on “Orphan Black”
The Driftless Area Review 