paratexts – SEVEN CIRCUMSTANCES

by M. Bijman January 10, 2018 0

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A Triumph of Imagination – Lincoln in the Bardo, by George Saunders

This is one review I composed carefully, as the novel is in a format I have never seen before, inContinue Reading

New York Review of Books

Philosophy of a Blowjob: An Interview with Jacqueline Novak September 19, 2019

Andrea Long Chu: I think you’re saying the penis is inherently a cheat. So cheating does seem inescapable to me. At least from an audience member’s perspective, I don’t stress about it as an ethical question. But that’s not my job; maybe it’s your job. Jacqueline Novak: That’s why it’s an art, not whatever else. I’m not an academic. It’s art, and therefore a […]

Andrea Long Chu

Art of the Title – Review of Film Title Sequences

The Exorcist (1973) August 31, 2019

“I'm the Devil. Now kindly undo these straps.” — Demon The Exorcist was not your average blockbuster film. Called “the greatest horror film of all time” by many, it has remained unparalleled in terms of its initial reception, its cultural impact and its subsequent adoption into the American film canon. With a worldwide gross of over $440 million, countl […]

Good Omens (2019) August 9, 2019

“I didn't mean to fall. I just hung out with the wrong people.” — Crowley In the beginning was the word. But Aziraphale and Crowley were there, too. Soon there were also fruit-bearing trees and enormous stone cherubs, phone booths and spaceships, and people – so many people – all marching together on a bizarro pilgrimage toward their doom. This is the p […]

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Art Crimes and War Crimes – Butterfly, by John Delacourt

A Triumph of Imagination – Lincoln in the Bardo, by George Saunders