Review of Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth

Review of Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth

A review of Ainslie Hogarth’s Motherthing, a New York Times Best Book of the Year.

On “Writing What You Know” When You Can’t Write About Yourself

On “Writing What You Know” When You Can’t Write About Yourself

“Write what you know” is common writing advice. But how do we make this mean something and make it a part of our own writing?

Jean Paul

Jean Paul

One of literature’s great eccentrics, Jean Paul was popular in Germany in the late 1700s and early 1800s.

Problematic Pollock: Why is he painting on the rug?

Problematic Pollock: Why is he painting on the rug?

Exploring some of the ways in which cultural history has glorified Pollock’s work and turned it into a monolithic iconic entity.

Eyes on the Prize

Eyes on the Prize

Before there was transgender there was One-Eyed Charley.

A Review of Love Breaks My Bones, and I Laugh by Couri Johnson

A Review of Love Breaks My Bones, and I Laugh by Couri Johnson

A book review of Couri Johnson’s latest novella of fabulist short stories.

The Lang Fairy Books

The Lang Fairy Books

A brief overview of the famous series edited by Andrew Lang, a Scottish poet, and his wife Nora, who did much of the rewriting.

Review of Lilies on the deathbed of Étaín and Other Poems

Review of Lilies on the deathbed of Étaín and Other Poems

A review of Lilies on the deathbed of Étaín and Other Poems by Oisín Breen.

Review of The Mayapple Forest

Review of The Mayapple Forest

A review of Kim Ports Parsons’ book of poetry The Mayapple Forest.

The Hongwu Emperor, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam and “The Hundred Word Eulogy”

The Hongwu Emperor, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam and “The Hundred Word Eulogy”

“The Hundred Word Eulogy” as pro-Islamic is challenged by translations that suggest the material fulfills two functions of a eulogy.

The Jejune

The Jejune

The jejune shares a handsome similitude with Mammon, in his politically-correct dysplasia, and  his ability to fake.

Review of The Way a Wound Becomes a Scar

Review of The Way a Wound Becomes a Scar

A review of Emily Schulten’s book of poetry The Way a Wound Becomes a Scar.

Thoughts on Modernist poetry

Thoughts on Modernist poetry

The modernist poetry movement has radically changed the rules in form, style, stanza, and rhythm.

Political challenges in a selected section of ‘Insights and Poems’ (1975) by Huey Newton and Ericka Huggins

Political challenges in a selected section of ‘Insights and Poems’ (1975) by Huey Newton and Ericka Huggins

A review of insights and poems by Huey Newton as well as extensive political commentary on the overarching significance of the man.

Helen, Life and Times – Unafraid Minutes on Hindustani Cinema and its Deployment of Helen

Helen, Life and Times – Unafraid Minutes on Hindustani Cinema and its Deployment of Helen

This book can elicit an infectious curiosity about Bollywood amongst audiences beyond the mediascape of India/South Asia.

Don’t Miss Your Connection: an Interview with Best-Selling Author Jonathan Evison  

Don’t Miss Your Connection: an Interview with Best-Selling Author Jonathan Evison  

An interview with Best-Selling Novelist Jonathan Evison about his new book, Small World (2022).