The Void Becomes The Solid: A Review of Conversations With Beethoven
Nathaniel Popkin10.14.14
Nathaniel Popkin uncovers the silence and response of Sanford Friedman’s inventive portrait of Beethoven through his struggle with his nephew Karl and his written notes.
Games & Isolation: Guillaume Morissette’s New Tab
Alex Manley10.09.14
Alex Manley reviews the fictionalized life, potential truths, and gameplay of Guillaume Morissette’s New Tab.
Borrowed Furniture: Poetic Failure and Gift Etiquette in Mike Young’s Sprezzatura
Lucy Tiven10.07.14
Beauty, information, Craigslist, and appetizers flex together as a vibrant heart in Mike Young’s Sprezzatura. Lucy Tiven reviews.
We Play Alone: Notes on Galaga by Michael Kimball
Spencer Madsen09.29.14
Michael Kimball’s Galaga explores a personal, emotional landscape provided by the classic video game. Spencer Madsen reviews.
An American Landscape: Fourteen Stories, None of Them Are Yours
Amber Sparks09.25.14
Amber Sparks delves into the peyote-laced language of Luke B. Goebel’s new book, discovering a feral soul, hymns, and wild prayers.
A Review of American Innovations by Rivka Galchen
Mark Baumer09.22.14
Robin Williams, Tom Brady, and Chelsey Minnis all show up to play in Mark Baumer’s review-digression of Rivka Galchen latest novel.
Born to Be Wild: Melissa Broder’s Poetics of Ritual Illumination
Lucy Tiven09.11.14
Despite its rampant darkness (or somehow in light of it), Melissa Broder’s Scarecrone is rich in spirit, fire, awe. Lucy Tiven reviews.
Kim Kardashian: Hollywood is the Best Game Ever, So What
Kati Heng09.08.14
Kati Heng plays Kim Kardashian: Hollywood so you don’t have to.
A Review of Kate Durbin’s E! Entertainment
Stacy Elaine Dacheux09.04.14
Kate Durbin’s E! Entertainment provokes questions such as, “Is Kim Kardashian a modern day Patty Hearst?” and “What is acting and what is drugs?” Stacy Elaine Dacheux reviews.
A Review of Jeff VanderMeer’s Annihilation
Garret Travis08.26.14
The second title in James VanderMeer’s Southern Reach Trilogy, Annihilation, provides a comfortable glimpse into the New Weird. Garret Travis reviews.
