One of literature’s great eccentrics, Jean Paul was popular in Germany in the late 1700s and early 1800s.
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Problematic Pollock: Why is he painting on the rug?
Exploring some of the ways in which cultural history has glorified Pollock’s work and turned it into a monolithic iconic entity.
Eyes on the Prize
Before there was transgender there was One-Eyed Charley.
A Review of Love Breaks My Bones, and I Laugh by Couri Johnson
A book review of Couri Johnson’s latest novella of fabulist short stories.
The Lang Fairy Books
A brief overview of the famous series edited by Andrew Lang, a Scottish poet, and his wife Nora, who did much of the rewriting.
Review of Lilies on the deathbed of Étaín and Other Poems
A review of Lilies on the deathbed of Étaín and Other Poems by Oisín Breen.
Review of The Mayapple Forest
A review of Kim Ports Parsons’ book of poetry The Mayapple Forest.
The Hongwu Emperor, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam and “The Hundred Word Eulogy”
“The Hundred Word Eulogy” as pro-Islamic is challenged by translations that suggest the material fulfills two functions of a eulogy.
The Jejune
The jejune shares a handsome similitude with Mammon, in his politically-correct dysplasia, and his ability to fake.
Review of The Way a Wound Becomes a Scar
A review of Emily Schulten’s book of poetry The Way a Wound Becomes a Scar.
Thoughts on Modernist poetry
The modernist poetry movement has radically changed the rules in form, style, stanza, and rhythm.
Political challenges in a selected section of ‘Insights and Poems’ (1975) by Huey Newton and Ericka Huggins
A review of insights and poems by Huey Newton as well as extensive political commentary on the overarching significance of the man.
Helen, Life and Times – Unafraid Minutes on Hindustani Cinema and its Deployment of Helen
This book can elicit an infectious curiosity about Bollywood amongst audiences beyond the mediascape of India/South Asia.
Don’t Miss Your Connection: an Interview with Best-Selling Author Jonathan Evison
An interview with Best-Selling Novelist Jonathan Evison about his new book, Small World (2022).
An Apology for M.Phil.
A globally-acknowledged degree, of respected stature and ancient origins, does not find a place in the popular imagination.
Quirks and Quiddities
All about the dangers of soil erosion in Bangladesh, the fate of farmers, and what is being done to prevent it.