Will Trains Return?In Anna Karenina, which isn’t that old, published 1873–187, trains are a central symbol for encroaching modernity. Tolstoy hated trains…Jul 5, 2021Jul 5, 2021
Review: Selfie Suicide by Logo DaedalusSelfie Suicide; or Cairey Turnbull’s Blue Skiddoo by Logo Daedalus came out two years ago but I hadn’t got around to reading it until now…Jan 12, 2021Jan 12, 2021
On The Patio Underneath My Parents’ Bradford PearWhatever this is or ends up being, I’m writing on the patio beneath my parents’ bradford pear. I just finished reading a Borges story out…Jul 4, 2020Jul 4, 2020
21st Century Victorian GirlsVictorian female writers are undoubtedly more culturally relevant today than Victorian male writers. Far more people today are actively…Apr 12, 2020Apr 12, 2020
Snow DaySunday night, before the storm hit, I headed to the grocery store. I pulled into the oversized parking lot under an ominous sky, the…Jan 11, 2020Jan 11, 2020
Knives Out: Are Rian Johnson Movies GoodKnives Out has been talked about as an exploration and subversion of the murder mystery genre, which I mean kind of, but that’s misleading…Jan 4, 2020Jan 4, 2020
Postcolonialism in Frozen 2: What can Disney really doFrozen 2 is Disney’s first non-direct-to-DVD princess movie sequel and completely different from the first. The film is the gradual…Dec 1, 20191Dec 1, 20191
inferno xxxiv 139It was a Saturday night that was getting colder, in early October. We had driven out for the day to the park, only an hour or so from the…Oct 27, 2019Oct 27, 2019
LandingThere was one plane in the sky and people were starting to point at it. Next to me a man said to his son: “Yup, that’s Air Force One…Aug 15, 2019Aug 15, 2019
Life’s a beach and I’m >1000 miles from the nearest coastIn late summer, or really through all of summer, I wanted to go to the coast. Late summer was just when things finally aligned and I…Aug 10, 2019Aug 10, 2019
