The Basilisk
It’s been impossible to think of a world without AI since 2065, but The Basilisk was originally named by a Continue reading
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Becoming-insect through Clarice Lispector’s “The passion according to G.H.”
If I confirm my self and consider myself truthful, I’ll be lost because I won’t know where to inlay my Continue reading
[Hegel’s Glas]ses
It is a rare opportunity for a philosopher to have occasion to comment, not upon the written content of a Continue reading
Moebius: 40 Days in the Desert
French comic book artist and illustrator Jean Giraud (1938-2012), aka Moebius, has had, perhaps, a more profound influence on the Continue reading
Seoul Stories: Han Kang, Violence and Candlelight
The day I stood shoulder to shoulder with hundreds of thousands of my fellow civilians, staring down the barrels of Continue reading
Calvino’s Cosmicomics: Time and the Hunter (or t zero)
To me, there’s virtually no doubt that Italo Calvino is a literary genius. Each one of his works create either Continue reading
Creating a Character, 2: Bernard Malamud and J.G. Ballard
The question remains: How does a skilled writer establish a good character in so few pages? And how does it relate to their overall style and composition?
Simulacrum in Literature: Baudrillard and Barthelme
Simulacrum, like many terms surrounding postmodernism, has been defined in a number of ways. Perhaps the simplest definition of the Continue reading
