Viktor Pelevin, a Reminder of What Was, and What May Come Again in Russia
By Jim Curtis
Viktor Pelevin (b. 1962) is arguably the key figure for anyone who wants to understand post-Stalinist, post-Soviet Russian culture, particularly with regard...
‘Landscape Painted with Tea’ as an Ecological Novel – By Jasmina Mihajlovic
"Suddenly I freeze. I sense, I clearly sense, somebody watching me. Somebody's eyes are fixed upon me. And then I realize that staring out...
Nixon’s Final Pat – By Anthony J. Mohr
Richard Nixon’s life was full of Pats. First came his wife Pat. Next, Pat Hitt. She was the national co‑chair of his 1968 presidential...
Old Iron – By Peter Barrett
The routine was always the same. Winters, usually; summers occasionally. The search for a new car always occurred in the extremes of each season.
Dad,...
J. M. Barrie and The Pan
By Kenny Chumbley
“You see, Wendy, when the first baby laughed for the first time, its laugh broke into a thousand pieces, and they all...
Money-Changers in the Temple: Evil Bankers in Literature and Film – By Tim Wenzell
“I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies” –Thomas Jefferson, in a letter to John Taylor, May 28,...
The Rise of the Fragmented Novel (An Essay in 26 Fragments ) ...
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Mainstream literary fiction is falling to pieces.
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This may not be a bad thing.
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The fragmented novel has been a mainstay of the literary world for...
Summer At Their Home – By Kunal Mehra
Every summer, starting when I was around eight, my mom, sister, and I would pack our bags, buy train tickets and hop on the...
Love in the Time of Covid – By Robin Gregory
“Magical realism gives a voice to the soul, a language to the heart.”
Time is a fickle mistress. Even scientists and philosophers...
The Long Weeping – By Jessie van Eerden ( An excerpt )
( The Long Weeping - In this collection of portraits, the eye is the vital “lamp of the body,” a spiritual organ...
