Fitz-James O’Brien’s Exuberant Morbidity
Fitz-James O’Brien’s exuberantly morbid stories, set amongst mid-century New York’s boarding houses and alleyways, are works of comic skepticism and cosmic messiness.
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Gatsby’s Defeat and America’s Status Quo
Gatsby’s fictional legacy is a reflection of America’s all-too-real, relentless ambition, its bottomless hunger for reinvention, and its cruelty toward those who will never reach the upper class.
Unearthing Author Margery Latimer’s Body of Work
Margery Latimer’s 20th-century feminist literature is sympathetic and even empathetic toward her women characters–and implicitly judgmental.
Colonial Pandemics and Indigenous Futurism in Louise Erdrich and Gerald Vizenor
Concepts within indigenous futurism such as Native slipstream, First Contact, Indigenous Science, and Native Apocalypse, help shape emerging narratives about Indigenous futures.
Read ‘Paperbacks from Hell’ and Scream
Possessed children, freaky dolls, demon lovers, haunted houses, scary cats, dogs, rats, and nymphomaniacs from Hell.