Despite 2018’s many local, national, and global catastrophes, it was a wonderful year for me, especially reading-wise. I read over…
Guest Post: New Fiction is Psychic Occupation by Suspended Reason
New Fiction is Psychic Occupation Fiction—or more generally, longform narrative text—has long been the handyman of culture, serving whatever functions…
Guy Davenport’s Only Recorded Interview/Hugh Kenner’s Unrealized Anthology
The Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History at the University of Kentucky Libraries has a 43-minute interview with Guy Davenport…
On First Reformed
ON FIRST REFORMED (Spoilers) The form perfectly matches the content. And so, with First Reformed, Paul Schrader has done it, just…
Reading The Cantos
READING THE CANTOS I am not the only person in the United States reading The Cantos. I know because the…
Guest Post by Paul Skinner: “As Easy as Pie – Sometimes”
‘Basil returned with the two pies. He was wearing the expression of a man who has laid hands on a…
The Completed Eyes Wide Shut?
When Stanley Kubrick died on March 7, 1999, there was still a little over four months until Eyes Wide Shut’s…
To Live To Read To Live
TO LIVE TO READ TO LIVE Gimmickry attached to the world of belles-lettres has me chagrined: not the book itself,…
Most Anticipated Small Press Books of 2018!
Like every year, there’s much to dread about 2018, and to fight against, but, fortunately there’s much to look forward…