DECADES
Masha Tupitsyn04.21.17
Fanzine is happy to feature a 7-minute excerpt from the 6-hour 1970s section of DECADES, a film project by Masha Tupitsyn releasing its installments one decade at a time.
This Young Monster: Seeing the Freaks Within Us
Allison Grimaldi-Donahue04.20.17
Charlie Fox’s collection of essays on monstrosity and transformation intoxicatingly span the gamut from Fassbinder to Alice In Wonderland. Allison Grimaldi-Donahue reviews.
IN CONDITIONS OF INSUFFICIENT LIGHT
Katie Burke04.19.17
“Dear Mom, I am never where I say I am but I am sure that by now, you know this. My hair is only getting shorter with age.” New work from Katie Burke.
First Lady Final Girl: Songs of Grief and Abject Horror in Jackie
Jace Brittain04.18.17
Pablo Larraín’s Jackie depicts a complex and stirring portrait of the former first lady by employing a tense soundtrack, affective cutting, and other horror film staples. Jace Brittain reviews.
Should A Cyborg Punch a Nazi? An Interview with Mark O’Connell
Drew Toal04.17.17
“Will humanity use technology to upgrade ourselves into gods, or will the technology itself render us obsolete? Even if we could live forever, should we?” Drew Toal dives deep into cyborg ethics with Mark O’Connell, author of To Be A Machine: Adventures Among Cyborgs, Utopians, Hackers, and the Futurists Solving the Modest Problem of Death.
from Safe Mode
Sam Riviere04.14.17
“Had the masters descended? It remained unclear. Pornography, blackmail, kidnappings: these were by-products.” New work from Sam Riviere, from late winter poetry editor Auerelia Guo.
Artists on Art: Emily Cross on Vija Celmins
Robert Kloss04.13.17
Musician and artist Emily Cross, of Cross Record, on one of her visual inspirations, Vija Celmins.
Next of Kin
Mary Breaden04.12.17
“She suffocated in her sleep one night in a long white hallway leading into black. A grinning demon pressing down onto her chest and on the ceiling was a child’s open mouth.” New short fiction by Mary Breaden.
In The Red Barn: A Conversation with Nat Baldwin
Troy James Weaver04.11.17
Nat Baldwin in conversation with Troy James Weaver about his debut work of fiction, The Red Barn, out now from Calamari Press.
MORTIFICATIONS
Adam Fleming Petty04.10.17
Adam Fleming Petty examines the value overlap between hardcore punk and Christianity, based on his experiences growing up in late 90s rural Indiana.
