Desolation Peak by Jack Kerouac—book review

My review of Jack Kerouac's Desolation Peak: Collected Writings. Edited by Charles Shuttleworth. A collection of all the writing Kerouac did while at Desolation Lookout.

https://www.splicetoday.com/pop.../kerouac-s-road-to-fame

 

There Is No Antimemetics Division—book review

My review of the science-fiction novel There Is No Antimemetics Division by the british author qntm, which becomes a parable for the horror of how easily people forget horrible things perpetuated by horrible people.

 

https://www.splicetoday.com/pop-culture/forced-forgetting

 

The Mojave Phone Booth Was Real—book review

My review of the weird ethnography (or 'Boothography') Adventures With the Mojave Phone Booth: A Work of Modern Cross-Cultural narrative Folklore (and “Strangely Poetic Business”) That Happens Also to Be More or Less Actually True by Godfrey “Doc” Daniels, now up at Splice Today under the title "The Mojave Phone Booth Was Real."

https://www.splicetoday.com/pop-culture/the-mojave-phone-booth-was-real

 

Why I Love Horror—book review

My book review of the anthology of essays, Why I Love Horror, edited by Becky Siegel Spratford, in which I try to figure out why horror fans like horror and don't come to any conclusions, just questions. Maybe some of you can enlighten me in the comments!

 

 

 

KANT: A Revolution in Thinking by Marcus Willaschek

My review of Kant: A Revolution in Thinking by Marcus Willaschek, a half-explanation/half-biography of the german philosopher Immanuel Kant. Translation by Peter Lewis. Up now at SPLICE TODAY.

 

Movie review: Orwell: 2+2=5

My review of the new Orwell documentary Orwell: 2+2=5 now up at SPLICE TODAY!

Summary: Orwell deconstructs the narrative put on him by the filmmakers

https://www.splicetoday.com/pop-culture/orwell-2-2-5-misses-the-point

 

A Walk Thru NeverLand by Dyana Carmella

My review of Dyana Carmella's A Walk Thru NeverLand, her memoir of thru-hiking the Pacific Northwest Trail, Montana to the Washington coast. Up now at Splice Today!

 

 

Follow The Science by Sharyl Attkisson

My review of Sharyl Atkisson's Follow The Science: How Big Pharma Misleads, Obscures, and Prevails. Atkisson worked for CBS for decades, and NPR, she was as mainstream journalism as you can get. This is in what she found out about Big Pharma's influence on the media and our government, and about how they tried to block her stories. Up now at SPLICE TODAY:

 

  

Exit Opera by Kim Addonizio

My review of Kim Addonizio's new poetry book, Exit Opera, is now up at SPLICE Today.

Sometimes writing feels so stupid I think I should get out into the world & do something

like repairing fountain pens, milking snakes, something useful—...

 

 

Girl on Girl by Emily Costa

My book review of Emily Costa's short story collection, Girl on Girl, published by Rejection Letters Press, now up at Splice Today!

Rock Tao by David Meltzer

My book review of David Meltzer's long lost book length collage essay, Rock Tao, now up at Splice Today. Meltzer crossed the bridge between the Beats and the San Francisco Renaissance poetry scene and the 60s San Francisco rock scene.

Pekolah Stories by Amanda Bales

My review of Pekolah Stories by Amanda Bales from Cowboy Jamboree Press, now up at

SPLICE TODAY!

 

"Bales’ style is minimalist—Cowboy Jamboree Press markets itself on these qualities."

 

 

Hashtag Good Guy With A Gun by Jeff Chon

My review of Jeff Chon's novel Hashtag Good Guy With A Gun from Sagging Meniscus Press, now up at Splice Today!

On Reading Boccaccio During Our Pandemic

My essay about reading Boccaccio during our pandemic, "Let's Wake Up," now at

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Social Poetics by Mark Novak—book review

My book review of Mark Novak's Social Poetics, titled "Workers Don't Go To Workshops," now up at SPLICE TODAY.

The Management of Savagery by Max Blumenthal

Now up at SPLICE TODAY, "Blind Liberation,"  my book review of Max Blumenthal's The Management of Savagery, in which he details how U.S. foreign policy under both Republicans and Democrats led to the rise of Trump: