Before the pandemic began, my library would host weekly, and one additional monthly book sale. As an official patron and…
Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming, László Krasznahorkai’s Farewell Triumph
Throughout the past hundred and fifty years or so, as the stage for modernism was set and more and more…
Radio Waves: A Post-Punk Novel by Shawna-Lee I. Perrin
Radio Waves is the independently-released first novel from Shawna-Lee I. Perrin. It tells the story of Viv Pierce, a college-radio…
Heather, The Totality by Matthew Weiner
Heather, The Totality is a slim debut novel by Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner that has a depth as deep…
Divide Me By Zero by Lara Vapnyar
Lara Vapnyar’s newest novel, Divide Me By Zero, is a harrowing piece about the structure of love and relationships as they relate to the…
Cherry by Nico Walker
A modern masculine novel of war, drugs, sex, and crime, Cherry is one of those quiet, masculine novels with an…
#548 W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism (W.R.: Misterije Organizma) (1971)
“Death to Male Fascism.” WR Mysteries of the Organism is a fascinating 1971 film from Serbian director Dušan Makavejev. Originally screened at…
Middle C by William Gass
Should humanity, in all of its cruelty, be allowed to endure? Such is the repeated refrain of William Gass’ Middle…
Riding With The Ghost by Justin Taylor
Justin Taylor’s Riding with the Ghost takes its title from a Jason Molina song of the same name, and explores…
Daddy by Emma Cline
Emma Cline is a modern master of the form of the short story, and her new collection Daddy explores a…
