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.
The End of Astronomy
Lizzy Acker12.04.12
Harbingers wear a lot of feathers. New flash fiction by Lizzy Acker. Art by Danny Jock.
Jawbreaker: A Hard, Sweet Time-Capsule of Punk’s Troubled Adolescence
Brian Howe12.04.12
Looking back through Jawbreaker’s discography, Brian Howe rediscovers how he became a fan and the allure of the band’s 20th anniversary reissue of Bivouac.
Possession: Once Upon a Time in America
Mark Asch11.29.12
Thirty years on there’s yet another cut of Sergio Leone’s epic of assimilation in the early 20th century, Once Upon A Time In America where murder, rape, booze and opium make the palette of a focus of nature, red in tooth and claw. Mark Asch reviews on the occasion of a Film Forum screening.
Cook Dirty for Me: Perversion and the Art of Haute Cuisine
Michael Thomsen11.28.12
A post-feast feast of words to keep the gluttony alive through the holidays, Michael Thomsen examines the artifice of gastronomy and the artists behind some of its most compelling perversions.
Jayne Says
Jane Connor11.20.12
Resident expert on dating Jayne O’Connor answers your questions about sex, relationships, and dating. Sweet southern advice for sour topics. Art by Danny Jock.
Updated: Ben Mirov’s Hider Roser
Laura Carter11.19.12
From world darkness to The Purloined Letter, Laura Carter leads us through Ben Mirov’s Hider Roser.
