A Future Always Pure and Perfect and Remote
Jon Stephen Fink’s novel A Storm in the Blood imagines the lives of Jews, anti-Tsarists, and revolutionaries in London’s East End.
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The Revolutionary Of Everyday Life
“We are witnessing the collapse of financial capitalism. This was easily predictable. Even among economists, where one finds even more idiots than in the political sphere, a number had been…
FUNNY WOMEN #7: In Retrospect, Dating That Speed Freak Wasn’t All That Bad, Comparatively
God, he was smart! He had a mind like a hummingbird, he had read every book there was to read, his tongue was sharp, he was funnier than anyone else at the party.
Dood in Ecstasy – Dutch Mystery Covers
Hermann Hilgendorff, Het duel der maskers, 1930s Cover by Jac. da Costa from the collection of twincovercollector I discovered Uilke Komrij’s flickr page (uk vintage) through Drawn’s post about his…
Just like on Facebook: It’s Complicated
Such is the theme of a group show at Royal/T. In Bed Together is what it’s called. I think it’s metaphorical.
Morning Coffee
Logical flow. On death masks. Going through back issues of Cabinet magazine is a good way to spend a day. A minor history of giant spheres. Voyeuristic architectural offices. Curbed…
Monster Girl: The Rumpus Interview with Chelsea Martin
“The second and fourth parts of that sentence came directly from life, but the first and third parts came from some thoughts I had while watching a movie, and the…
Doctors Who Write
“Patients bring us stories,” Terrence Holt explains. “We drop into the middle of patients’ stories and try to change the plot for the better. First we have to understand it, however.…
Drew Johnson: The Last Book I Loved, The House of Hunger
‘A writer drew a circle in the sand and stepping into it said “This is my novel,” but the circle, leaping, cut him clean through….’ —from The House of Hunger…
Random Media Notes
Layoffs begin at The AP. New study points to healthy newspaper readership. Police raid New York newspaper offices in corruption probe. YouTube connects with news organizations. Are awards the new…