Writer and software engineer in the US Midwest. I enjoy poetry, horror, some f/sf, some mystery, some literary fiction (but not the kind where the main character is a professor and nothing happens).
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Hugo Balls Tagebauchaufzeichnungen aus den Jahren 1914 bis 1921 sind nicht nur Zeugnis der Zürcher …
Ball gives some time to building up Kandinsky as the artistic genius of the age, then says, “It was inevitable that we should meet each other.” In case you were worried about Ball’s self-confidence.
Hugo Balls Tagebauchaufzeichnungen aus den Jahren 1914 bis 1921 sind nicht nur Zeugnis der Zürcher …
Hugo Ball was daDa’s enemy before, while, and after he founded dAda. Nothing could be more DadA.
I don’t use stars or numeric ratings in my reviews. I disagree with the author’s interpretations of Blake on many, many points. Often this book made me indignant or provoked incredulous laughter. But sometimes it moved me to tears, sometimes it gave me chills. It never bored me.
In the latest from Shirley Jackson and Bram Stoker Award-winning author of THE DEVIL TAKES …
I don’t use stars or numeric ratings in my reviews. House of Bone and Rain is brilliant and brutal and moving, Stephen King meets H.P. Lovecraft meets Jacobean revenge tragedy by way of the Puerto Rican experience. The characters are complex and well drawn, as are the moral issues they face.
I don’t use stars or numeric ratings in my reviews. House of Bone and Rain is brilliant and brutal and moving, Stephen King meets H.P. Lovecraft meets Jacobean revenge tragedy by way of the Puerto Rican experience. The characters are complex and well drawn, as are the moral issues they face.
Formally and linguistically inventive, emotionally complex, socially engaged. I didn’t always understand the structure, but I always felt the author did: nothing here seems arbitrary. A poetry book I will reread.
An illuminating exploration of 31 incredible women—across art, architecture, dance, literature, and more—whose culture-defining contributions …
Fascinating content, badly written. Some factual errors.
Don Quixote is a Spanish epic novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Originally published in two …
A novel from the early 17th century that's surprisingly modern (anti-romantic, in parts meta-fiction, less sexist than I’d expected) except where it’s not (still very damned sexist, as well as antisemitic and islamophobic and racist). Also very funny and occasionally moving. I feel like I have two new friends now in Don Quixote and Sancho Panza.
A novel from the early 17th century that's surprisingly modern (anti-romantic, in parts meta-fiction, less sexist than I’d expected) except where it’s not (still very damned sexist, as well as antisemitic and islamophobic and racist). Also very funny and occasionally moving. I feel like I have two new friends now in Don Quixote and Sancho Panza.
Don Quixote is a Spanish epic novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Originally published in two …
In the 2nd book, I don’t know how the author intends us to take the Duke and Duchess; but they’re rich and powerful and they play games with the lives, feelings, and honor of those who aren’t, and I hope they meet a grisly end (but I know they won’t).
This is a great anthology. I’ve photographed a couple of pages to read often when I need hope or motivation.
“With a thoughtfully curated series of essays, poetry, and conversations, the brilliant scientist and climate …
Some of the saddest parts of this book are the hopeful ones, the passages that say, “It’s not all bad news, we’re making progress, look what we did here!” and it’s something that’s been undone by T***p and his toadies.
The book was published in 2024. How quickly things change.
Drawing on deep passion and personal experience, former US Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith demystifies …
I’ve been reading and writing poetry for about half a century. Even though this book is written for newcomers to poetry, I found value in it, especially in the analyses of specific poems. There’s plenty about social issues, but not in a polemical way. It’s not a “poetry for the revolution” book.
I’ll be coming back to this book, probably more than once. CAConrad gives us the rituals/exercises that lead to the poems, as well as the poems themselves. The poems I write will not be the same after reading Ecodeviance.
Tomie (Japanese: 富江) is a Japanese horror manga series written and illustrated by Junji Ito. …
I first met Tomie through the movie, which is a disturbing piece of work, but the graphic novel is FUCKED. UP. The immortal title character, who manipulates people into murdering her again and again, is a malignant narcissist and an incel’s wet nightmare, but there’s something pure about her malice. If you’re a fan of Fantômas or Maldoror, Tomie might be you.
Your new favorite assortment of New Weird Lit stories about car-vampires; fascist deer; memory-devouring tree …
Imaginative and well-written horrors that are sometimes all too relatable.
"Even as the broader LGBT community enjoys political and societal advances in North America, the …
An important, affirming, and (I hope) life-changing book for me.
