This is Not a Typo: Manchester City are Champs
Pete Hausler05.14.12
Neither “Manchester City are the Yankees” nor “Tesla invented soccer” made the cut for a rundown of the English Premier League’s 2011-2012 season. Pete Hausler tells it like it is.
Trayvon Martin Music
Christina Lee05.11.12
Rick Ross drops rap’s most potent verse in the Trayvon Martin tragedy––in the midst of Usher’s merlot-soaked liason with a skirtless lady. Throwaway line or powerful counterpoint? Christina Lee examines rap’s social conscience.
G is for Ghetto
Louis Chude-Sokei05.10.12
Louis Chude-Sokei analyzes the meaning of a word, the reality of a community, and the failed assimilation of an immigrant in Inglewood.
Vampire Diaries redux
Bradford Nordeen05.10.12
Bradford Nordeen explores the appeal of the derivative of the derivative… ad mortem.
Hybrid Locations: Thoughts on Dreaming or Insomnia and Language
Blake Butler05.04.12
Gathering thought and expression from Joyelle McSweeney and James Joyce, in an excision from Nothing: A Portrait of Insomnia, author Blake Butler examines the strange language of not sleeping.
Review: Patrick Wensink’s Broken Piano For President
Michael Louie05.04.12
The author of Sex Dungeon for Sale (and recent Fanzine contributor) Patrick Wensink is back with a new novel (and a cassette tape), a comedy that straddles alcoholic despair with cosmic “Burger Wars”. Michael Louie reviews.
I Want ITT Tech to Buy My Papers
Patrick Wensink05.04.12
“…With the recent passing of author Harry Crews, I discovered that the University of Georgia library purchased his collected papers in 2006. Soon, I learned that many writers’ manuscripts, letters and doodles are frequently bought by colleges for scholarly research. For example, the University of Texas’ library owns every scrap of Don Delillo’s filing cabinets. This led to ask the obvious question: “Why not me?”…”
