Brando, My Solitude – Arno Bertina

Brando, My Solitude – Arno Bertina

The narrator tries to ensnare his grandfather in prose. [Continue]

The Dream of Doctor Bantam – Jeanne Thornton

The Dream of Doctor Bantam – Jeanne Thornton

Then I realized the problem: the cult wasn’t scary enough. [Continue]

Middle Men – Jim Gavin

Middle Men – Jim Gavin

But what, exactly, is man in the middle between? [Continue]

Red Doc> – Anne Carson

Red Doc> – Anne Carson

I would like to suggest that Anne Carson’s Red Doc> is a clock, a clock that takes the measure of its readers and their world by entrancing them with anachronism and myth. [Continue]

The Electric Cool Aid Vein Rub Test

The Electric Cool Aid Vein Rub Test

An Erowid report by mindbodyproblems95 [Continue]

Speedboat – Renata Adler

Speedboat – Renata Adler

Connections that arise not out of the expression of meaning, but from the feeling of not quite being able to fully communicate anything. [Continue]

Y – Marjorie Celona

Y – Marjorie Celona

The story’s structure, mirroring the novel’s title, presents two narratives leaning toward each other with an inevitable intersection. [Continue]

City of Angels: Or, the Overcoat of Dr. Freud – Christa Wolf

City of Angels: Or, the Overcoat of Dr. Freud – Christa Wolf

How does one give an account of oneself when the link to the past is not even available? [Continue]

Percival Everett by Virgil Russell – Percival Everett

Percival Everett by Virgil Russell – Percival Everett

At its best, Everett’s self-reflexive mockery and abrasive humor closely approach the line separating productive ridicule and mere negation, but don’t quite cross it. [Continue]

Unkown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division – Peter Hook

Unkown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division – Peter Hook

Music writing can feel so “written,” but Hook’s voice is refreshingly immediate and present. [Continue]

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