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Tag: book review

Vulvas in Milk:  On The Dreamers (dir. Bernardo Bertolucci) and Story of the Eye by Georges Bataille

Author’s Note: I am now offering my services on Fiverr. I will beta read your poem(s) and short stories for … More

book review, Book Reviews, books, Culture, Fiction, Film Review, French Cinema, French Literature, georges bataille, Literary Criticism, literature, reviews

Violette Leduc’s ‘The Lady and the Little Fox Fur & the Art of Distance

“I think that I shall never knowWhy I am thus, and I am so.”—A Fairly Sad Tale, Dorothy Parker ⧫ … More

book review, books, existentialism, French Literature, Literary Criticism, literature, Violette Leduc

There’s Womb at the Inn

Ten years ago, I was sitting in my media studies class, buzzing with the urge to run away. I had … More

book review, Cultural Criticism, Literary Criticism, literature, Translated Fiction

Book Review: One More Number by Craig Rodgers

Craig Rodger’s ‘One More Number’ is a collection full of music, grit, and unsavoury characters. There are six stories within … More

book review, Short Stories, writing community

Book Review: A Chapbook About Nothing – Scott Cumming

Scott Cumming’s ‘A Chapbook About Nothing’ illustrates the feeling of being a newborn adult. Assumptions of stability trail behind us … More

book review, Poetry, writing community

Hemingway’s Paris: An Entity of Its Own

Hemingway’s ‘A Moveable Feast’ is a novel that was published posthumously. The book was born from a journal found in … More

book review, Commentary, Ernest Hemingway, essay, F Scott Fitzgerald, paris

Soaking in Strange Hours by Erik Hofstatter: Review

Erik Hofstatter’s ‘Soaking in Strange Hours’ is essentially a long prose poem, but this should be the thing that nudges … More

book review, Fiction, noir, prose poetry, short story, transgressive fiction

Dancing to Broken Records — Jack Moody: Book Review

Jack Moody is a writer whom I have become quite fond of. We first crossed paths a few months ago … More

alcoholism, book review, Charles Bukowski, Fiction, indie books, jack moody, short story collection

This Is What Happens When You Leave Me Alone – D.T. Robbins//Book Review

D.T. Robbins is an intelligent man. He’s also amusing, which always helps. His shitposting on Twitter makes me laugh, but … More

book review, Charles Bukowski, Poetry, poetry book
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