Category: review
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As many books about the subject can attest, performance art calls into question passed-down notions of identity and subjectivity. At one extreme, the art attempts to dislocate (if not outright… more ›
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Else Lasker-Schüler’s novela The Nights of Tino of Baghdad came to me a couple of weeks ago. It’s free to anyone who subscribes to the Rixdorf Editions newsletter, and it’s… more ›
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Here are three literary gems that I’ve enjoyed immensely over the past few weeks: two slender books and a slender 80-minute film. But don’t let their size fool you. These… more ›
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Babushka’s Journey: The Dark Road to Stalin’s Wartime Camps is an eloquent travel memoir that also manages to do the heavy lifting required by great historical writing. Though German-born and… more ›
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Anthony DeCurtis’ Lou Reed: A Life is perhaps the worst nonfiction rock-and-roll book I’ve read, and I’ve read Marianne Faithfull’s (though much more likely, David Dalton’s) Faithfull: An Autobiography. Despite… more ›
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I learned about this collection of short stories by Simon Fruelund from his translator K.E. Semmel on Twitter. It’s a short 110-page book published in a gorgeous volume by… more ›
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Some nights I am overcome by a strange sensation that I can only define as cultural nausea. When Chris Marker, in one of his rare interviews, recommends a book, you… more ›
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I don’t consider Fernando Sdrigotti a friend. I’ve known him for a a few years, sure. Mostly via Twitter and several emails. He’s edited my writing. I think calling him… more ›
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One of the most unique and talented singers I’ve been listening to for the past five years is Cold Specks. In 2013 she collaborated with Moby on two songs for… more ›