Ideal Home Noise (13): Clarke, Cortázar, Pushwagner
Jeff Jackson08.14.17
Jeff Jackson dives in to the lifetime work of Alan Clarke, explores the latest release from the brain of Cortázar, and the uncovering of a thought-lost masterpiece from Pushwagner.
JUSTICE ABSCONDITUS, OR, WHY I WRITE VERSE PLAYS
Joyelle McSweeney08.10.17
What do Julian Assange, The Rust Belt, Art-crime, obscenity, Katrina, Chelsea Manning, and Dick Cheney have in common? They all rear their heads in the world of Joyelle McSweeney, whose plays-in-verse search for what language and theater can uncover about the present day nature of power, control, and revolt. Photos by Lifan Li.
Statement from the manager of the band who was supposed to score Tarkovsky’s long-awaited sequel to the cult classic Solaris
Luke Kokoszka08.09.17
“The rest of the band, upon discovering their friend and band-mate had seemingly vanished into the void, became paranoid.” New fiction by Luke Kokoszka.
PRO(M)BOIS(E): An Interview with Thibault Raoult
Paul Cunningham08.08.17
Thibault Raoult in conversation with Paul Cunningham about identity, cinema, the internet, and Raoult’s poetry collection PRO(M)BOIS(E).
Bond, Pamuk, and Me
Nicholas Bredie08.07.17
Nicholas Bredie dissects the portrayal of Istanbul in popular imagination, particularly as a setting in Orhan Pamuk’s Nobel-winning work and the James Bond film Skyfall.
THE LARGE PLASTIC BAG OF EXPERIENCE: A REVIEW OF ARI BANIAS’ ANYBODY
Jameson Fitzpatrick08.03.17
Jameson Fitzpatrick reviews Ari Banias’ debut collection of poems, Anybody, finding its context between Adorno and Rankine.
I Had the Egg
Justin Dobbs08.02.17
“I had the egg before. Today no egg. Or rather I have eaten the egg. Therefore the egg is inside me. But can it still be called an egg?” New fiction by Justin Dobbs.
The Chasm of You: In Conversation with Lindsay Hunter
Jaime Fountaine08.01.17
Jaime Fountaine explores feminism and art with Lindsay Hunter on the occasion of her new novel, Eat Only When You’re Hungry.
Irrational Logic: On Grief, Ritual, and Living Alone
Alexandra Wuest07.31.17
“Two months after my father drops dead, I wake up and decide I need to live alone.” Alexandra Wuest studies the line between grief and isolation through the lenses of Eve Babitz, Roland Barthes, Agnes Martin, and more.
Notes on Brevity as a way of life
Alain Ginsberg07.27.17
“In a review of my work the journalist says Stock Trans Motif and the following weekend three trans women are murdered in Louisiana and Boys look into me hoping to see themselves but only find static.” New work by Alain Ginsberg.
