Stop Worrying and Love Gary Shteyngart: A Review of “Little Failure”
Nate Waggoner02.20.14
Barbaric asthma cures, hipster codes, and gradations of privilege in the latest work from publicity-caricature-nee-author Gary Shteyngart. Nate Waggoner reviews.
Synopses of the New York Times Best Seller List Based Solely on Their Titles
Brian Warfield02.06.14
Brian Warfield offers this enlightening summary of NYT Best Selling books that he’s never read and most of us don’t care about.
A Review of Lonely Christopher’s Death & Disaster Series
Joyelle McSweeney02.04.14
Warhol, the occult, and money-logic swarm together in Joyelle McSweeney’s exploration of Lonely Christopher’s latest.
So Much Beautiful Darkness: A Review of The Desert Places
James Yates01.30.14
James Yates takes a look at the history of evil, and reviews the newest from Amber Sparks and Robert Kloss, featuring dope illustrations from Matt Kish.
Let the Self-Destruction Continue
Joe Hall01.27.14
Joe Hall takes us on a guided search through the small press archives at SUNY Buffalo, cataloguing an array of the strange forms of media employed throughout many years of creative publication.
Working with Shrapnel: A Review of Everything Flows
Andrea Kneeland01.23.14
A refracted look at James Greer’s Everything Flows, a manic, haunted book that presses in on you, folds you down into the psychosis where you belong. Andrea Kneeland reviews.
Fuck Up Your Coffee Table: Vollmann’s The Book of Dolores
Lorian Long01.13.14
Lorian Long dissects William T. Vollmann, “The Birthing Cave,” The Book of Dolores, and the problem of ‘white male’ mashed potatoes.
A Review of Hilda Hilst’s The Obscene Madame D
Joyelle McSweeney01.06.14
Joyelle McSweeney breaks down the layers upon layers of multivalent modes alive and ahead of their time in Hilda Hilst’s The Obscene Madame D.
“Everyone Is Around You, Very Close”: A Review of Jesse Ball’s Silence Once Begun
Shane Jones01.02.14
Shane Jones takes a look at Jesse Ball’s latest, Silence Once Begun.
Long (Long (Long Division) Division) Division
Mike Meginnis12.26.13
Mike Meginnis takes a closer look at the issue of the straight white male narrative in narrative, while reviewing the book-within-a-book-within-a-book that became his favorite read of 2013.
