American Spleen: Charles McLeod’s National Treasures
Matt Roberts01.22.13
The atlas that is Charles McLeod’s National Treasures describes the geography within disregarded Americans and maps the migratory routes of their ambitions.
My Pet Mystery
Kory Calico01.18.13
Kory Calico delves into Michael J. Seidlinger’s My Pet Serial Killer to uncover the larger Mystery of what the human heart desires.
Watching TLC on TLC
Christina Lee01.14.13
As a possible 20th anniversary reunion tour approaches, TLC presents two new shows about TLC.
The Revolution Will Not Be Filmed
Bradford Nordeen01.02.13
Bradford Nordeen strips down the appeal of Step Up: Revolution according to the evolution of modern cinema and lays bare the most basic bones of the attraction of spectacle.
The Sound Of My Voice Will Haunt You: Spreadeagle by Kevin Killian
Johnny Drago12.28.12
Kevin Killian’s Spreadeagle mashes up the shimmery world of A-list established gay writers in post-activist San Francisco with the shadow-monde of impoverished trailer punks, driven by the need to consume and destroy, hungry for fame, attention, porn, drugs… blood. Spreadeagle is as cautionary as Austen, visceral as Acker, and wry as a knife. Johnny Drago reviews.
Sky Saw
Kory Calico12.18.12
What’s black & white and puce all over? The whorey Word in liminal whirls in Blake Butler’s Sky Saw. Kory Calico reviews.
Interrogating the Real: A Review of One
Laura Carter12.13.12
Laura Carter works her way closer to the body of One in the shared Meate Dream of Blake Butler, Vanessa Place, and assemblagist Christopher Higgs.
Spreading the Gossip & Gospel
Christina Lee12.11.12
Big Boi’s sophomore solo release, Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors, explores new territory both outside the rap community and within the man himself.
Reviving Our Heroines
M. Milks12.10.12
The “madwomen” of Modernist literature come out of their cages and rattle the bars in Kate Zambreno’s Heroines.
Amber Sparks: May We Shed These Human Bodies
Laura Straub12.07.12
Laura Straub vouches for Amber Sparks’ first collection of stories May We Shed These Human Bodies as it breathes new life into our collective imagination.
