No One Likes Chili Dogs That Much: Persia on GONE GIRL
You may not have read Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl or seen David Fincher’s film adaptation,…
Elderberry Wine or Attention Cocktail? A Sip of ARSENIC AND OLD LACE from Persia
It’s funny how pop culture echoes. In 1902, Myrtle Reed published a romance novel called…
Miscellany of the Month: Books of 1969
Year of the Month: Persia on THE ALEPH
What do you do when you’ve seen everything? What do you do when you’ve seen…
The Friday Article Roundup: True to Yourself
This Week, You Will Mythologize Your: interview prowess wild life story hometown favorite action film…
Year of the Month: Oliver Miller on BABYLON REVISITED
By the time he wrote “Babylon Revisited,” F. Scott Fitzgerald was pretty well fucked. It’s…
Let There Be Light: Persia on The Complicated Labyrinth of THE TOMBS OF ATUAN
Ursula K. Le Guin had never written books for young people before changing the field…
Year of the Month: Persia on ALL MY SONS
One of EC Comics’ darkest and goriest stories is “’Tain’t the Meat, It’s the Humanity,”,…
Furnace by Livia Llewellyn – The Solute Book Club
The last story in Furnace, “The Unattainable,” isn’t a horror story like the other in…
Year of the Month: HOP ON POP
Once upon a time, you had to actually grow up with someone to reminisce about…