Amateur Criticism
Isaac KoldingI write about literature and how it feels to read and write it
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Review: Ross Barkan, Colossus
“artist’s” “rendering” of dear old Teddy
Normally, one would start a book review by giving a brief synopsis of the book being reviewed. The problem with reviewing Ross Barkan’s new novel Colossus is that any synopsis that avoids spoilers w...
Whither the Funk?
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I just finished Leslie Fiedler: Kind of a Conversation, a series of transcribed interviews with probably the most famous literary critic to have worked at the University at Buffalo, where I just got my PhD. Fiedler led a long, complic...
Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places
My favorite moment in Paradise Lost is when God creates the world. He speaks, and the world is made. In the best part, God creates living creatures, who are all created underground. The Earth herself splits open to give birth to these creat...
Naomi Kanakia on Shame, Judgment, Politics, and the Great Books
I’ve been wanting to experiment with interviews and audio for some time now. And who better to interview than ? Naomi is a compelling and original writer and critic, and I’ve enjoyed her blog, , for a long time now. She’s coming out with a...
Reading is Good for You
There’s a wooden upright piano in my living room. It’s a humble little instrument—we got it for free off of Facebook Marketplace, and it’s a bit scratched and out of tune. But it is still, like any musical instrument, an object of infinite...
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