By Danny Cohen White Noise, Talk Radio, and Our Unexceptional Present To view our era as unprecedented is both chauvinist and defeatist. By Typebar_Admin / 29 Aug 2025
By Laura Berlinsky-Schine Homer's Odyssey: The First Literary Thriller Literary thrillers are about the journey, not the destination. By Typebar_Admin / 29 Aug 2025
By Jonathan Thornton A Celebration of the Abject, the Queer, and the Arcane: The Work of Writer-Musician Jenny Hval Hval’s work, both in written and musical form, shows an artist willing to explore the limits of genres. By Typebar_Admin / 29 Aug 2025
By Eden Kupermintz Weirding the Periphery: How Imperialism Infiltrated Our Imagination Through Fantasy So much of foundational fantasy is about the (often imperial) core versus outside territories. By Typebar_Admin / 25 May 2025
By Christopher Luis-Jorge Pumping Gold: How a Decade of Bodybuilding and Terrorism Started a Wave of Cheap Fantasy Movies Politics, pulp fiction, and pumping iron. By Typebar_Admin / 25 May 2025
Books Italo Calvino and the Secret of "Cozy" Fiction No lattes needed. By Typebar_Admin / 25 May 2025
By RS Benedict Lost Highway, David Lynch, and the End of History We're all on a ride going nowhere down a lost highway. By Typebar_Admin / 25 May 2025
Animation The Legend of Mother Sarah: Light in the Post-Apocalyptic Darkness The Legend of Mother Sarah is just as bold in its prognosis of our modern woes as Akira. By Typebar_Admin / 25 May 2025
Books Legends, Lattes, and Lament: The Necessity of Pain in "Cozy" Fiction Cozy fiction works best when contrasted against harsh emotional, material, or political realities. By Typebar_Admin / 24 Feb 2025
Fiction Discussion Searching for the Feminine Grotesque The feminine grotesque gives a rare voice to women expressing ideas that go against social norms. By Typebar_Admin / 24 Feb 2025
Fiction Discussion Interrogating Power and Narrative in the Cities of the Weft Trilogy An admonishment to read closely and not to fix upon plot becomes an encouragement to read as you will. By Typebar_Admin / 24 Feb 2025
Fiction Discussion Leg Drops are Literature: Professional Wrestling Angles as Literary Narratives Wrestling is as deep as literature, steroids and steel cages notwithstanding By Typebar_Admin / 24 Feb 2025
