By Sam Reader Treading Water in a Pond in the Rain: George Saunders Through a Modern Lens On Saunders, politics, and above-the-fray centrism By Typebar_Admin / 11 May 2026
By Vinky Mittal The Animal's Voice: Literature, Animal Rights, and the Age of the Anthropocene "Treating animals as beings with lives equal to our own is a remarkable endeavour, demanding the expanse of our full humanity" By Typebar_Admin / 30 Apr 2026
Issue 9 Experiences in Nigerian Literature: Embracing the Inherent Messiness of Queer Identities Fictional and nonfiction works clearly illustrate why understanding messiness is important By Typebar_Admin / 30 Apr 2026
Fiction Discussion Gregory Maguire's Wicked: A Novel That Gets the Last Cackling Laugh Not every prequel is doomed from the outset... By Typebar_Admin / 30 Mar 2026
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
