The Written Word is a Fairy: Lud-in-the-Mist as Modernist Fantasy
Hope Mirrlees’ Lud-in-the-Mist, a novel often overlooked in modernist literature, gets an in-depth revisit from Victor Rees.
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Magnus McDowall
- Aug 27, 2020
“Your Life Seen Through a Looking-Glass”
A poem by Magnus McDowall.
Elliot Jordan
- Aug 14, 2020
To Russia, With Love: On Douglas Dunn’s The Donkey’s Ears
Elliot Jordan revisits Douglas Dunn’s extraordinary novel-in-verse, The Donkey’s Ears, and one of history’s most oft-overlooked odysseys.
Hayley Bernier
- Aug 11, 2020
“Family Snapshot, 1998, Lost in Storage”
A poem by Hayley Bernier.
Elliot Jordan
- Jul 21, 2020
Saints and Sinners: Robert Browning and Rome
Elliot Jordan explores themes of Catholicism present throughout the work of Robert Browning.
Ahmed Ragheb
- Jul 2, 2020
Is Hollywood’s Structural Racism Beyond Repair?
Hollywood has a racism problem – that much is clear. But is it beyond repair?
Lily Ekimian
- Jun 29, 2020
The Female Perspective of Roman Polanski’s Repulsion
Lily Ekimian explores the feminist reading of Roman Polanski’s Repulsion.
Lily Ekimian
- Jun 13, 2020
William Greaves’ Experiment: Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One as Performance Art
Lily Ekimian argues that William Greaves’ 1968 documentary, Symbiopsychotaxiplasm is the perfect example of performance art.
Angelica Heaney
- Jun 11, 2020
“What They Don’t Tell You About Black Boys”
A poem by Angelica Heaney.
Tristan Geary
- May 27, 2020
The Hunt for Music in the Age of Anxiety
Has the ease of music-streaming spoiled our ability to really listen?
Elliot Jordan
- May 22, 2020
The Soviet Dream? Thoughts on Francis Spufford’s Red Plenty
Elliot Jordan discusses Francis Spufford’s bold historical novel Red Plenty and its retelling of a pivotal and hopeful moment in the history
Jake Kendall
- May 17, 2020
Reformation, Revolution, and Resistance: A Brief History of Still Life Painting
Still life painting is often perceived as dull or flat, frequently overlooked in favor of more “exciting” subjects.
Ahmed Ragheb
- Apr 18, 2020
In Dreams: The Reality of David Lynch’s Fantasies
Have you been experiencing strange dreams? Read Ahmed Ragheb’s take on dreams in film and the strange realities of David Lynch’s work.
Ahmed Ragheb
- Apr 15, 2020
Dan Bejar and the Bravery of Artistic Isolation
What does it mean to isolate oneself artistically and what bearing can that have on the art one produces?
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