Bulletpoint’d review of Aleksandar Hemon’s new book, The Book of My Lives, now commencing: —Most of the stories in this book have been previously published in other outlets (the New Yorker, Playboy, McSweeney’s, etc.) over the past few years. But that doesn’t actually make this book this book any less cohesive. In fact, excepting a few […]
Seeking applicant for dream job: want to be official pot consultant to the state of Washington? Unseen for eons, witness these full-color photographs of 1900s France. From the child’s mouth: Pola Kinski to write a memoir about the savage abuse she suffered at the hands of her father, Klaus Kinski. In Paris, there is a […]
Geoffrey Todd Smith is a visual artist living in Chicago. Originally from Cleveland, he graduated from the School of the Art Institute with a BFA in 1995 and headed an hour west to DeKalb to attain his MFA from Northern Illinois University. His work focuses on dense, pattern-based motifs that generate a gravitational pull. The […]
Rhode Island has much to recommend it as a culturally-rich arts destination. In recent years, Providence, the state’s “creative capital,” has been touted as a vibrant hub of artistic endeavor. Among the many knowledgeable curators of the dizzying array of cultural offerings, I find my personal tastes well-served by the Providence Athenaeum and the doyenne […]
House and Senate’s Excellent Adventure: this time traveling political satire wants YOU! Jacobin would like to trade in PBR for champagne: subscribe! The weather being what it is, these ice skates amount to a practical investment: commute in style! There’s too little Art Nouveau in your life: fix that! Too big to fail: the National […]
