“More Thought, More Decency, More Conscientiousness”: How to Fight Fascism According to a…An early attempt to explain the fascist impulse argues that we must rethink our conceptions of sex and workJun 1A response icon4Jun 1A response icon4
Why Kurt Vonnegut Is Still RelevantHis message remains one we ignore at our peril.May 25A response icon66May 25A response icon66
Colson Whitehead’s “The Intuitionist”: Reclaiming the Historical NarrativeColson Whitehead’s debut novel The Intuitionist (1999) is all about elevators: machines of “vertical transport” that, in symbolizing social…Apr 12Apr 12
Creativity as Trauma Response in J.G. Ballard’s “The Atrocity Exhibition”“The media landscape of the present day is a map in search of a territory. A huge volume of sensational and often toxic imagery inundates…Mar 14Mar 14
Book Review: “Stories from the Center of the World: New Middle East Fiction”Western readers wanting to learn more about life in what we call the Middle East would benefit from this collection (ed. Jordan Elgrably…Jan 23Jan 23
Using a Large Language Model to Workshop a NovelStrictly personal observations on the process.Jan 19A response icon1Jan 19A response icon1
“Invasion of the Spirit People” by Juan Pablo VillalobosA book reviewJun 29, 2024A response icon1Jun 29, 2024A response icon1
The Endurance of Paul Goodman’s Thought, Often in Spite of His WritingMost readers have probably never heard of him, but Paul Goodman’s impact on the sixties’ counterculture — and thus on our own time — was…Jun 21, 2024Jun 21, 2024
“Eichmann in Jerusalem” and Our Failure to Appreciate NuanceA few words on the tribality of evilJun 9, 2024Jun 9, 2024
