One of my favorite buildings in Chicago’s South Loop was recently demolished: an old brick one at the corner of…
Blogging the Hugos: Decline, Part 4
[At last, after laying out my wares, turning in turn to Boneshaker by Cherie Priest and Julian Comstock by Robert…
Michael Leong: On Ritual
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A Review of the Relatively New Movie Dogtooth (Kynodontas)
Last night I had the pleasure of seeing Giorgos Lanthimos‘s third feature-length film, Dogtooth (Kynodontas, 2009), which is the kind…
Michael Palmer vs. Michael Palmer: The Mash-Up
In the tradition of Godzilla vs. Mothra… …I give you Michael Palmer vs. Michael Palmer! [Michael Palmer (born May 11,…
Music Bird : An Interview with Kristina Marie Darling, author of Night Songs
Night Songs is one of the first three poetry collections from Gold Wake Press (editor: J. Michael Wahlgren). Click through…
Blogging the Hugos: Decline, Part 3
[And so it goes on. Having set out my stall and considered Boneshaker by Cherie Priest, I now give a…
James Joyce Twitters, Too.
Unlike most written twitterings, Joyce’s is actually worth the time. From Ulysses: THE KISSES (warbling) Leo! (twittering) Icky Icky micky…
Blogging the Hugos: Decline, Part 2
[Yesterday I started this mammoth post on Boneshaker by Cherie Priest, Julian Comstock by Robert Charles Wilson and The Windup…
Blogging the Hugos: Decline, Part 1
When I set out to blog this year’s Hugo shortlisted novels, I imagined something conventional like a separate post on…