Capitalism A Horror Story will be published in July of this year. Thinking back, I think I can spot the very first seeds of the book in my mind as far back as around 2015 when, as a lonely and somewhat intellectually insecure Ph.D. student (how little has changed) I stumbled across China Mieville's talk … Continue reading And Next?
https://twitter.com/TheLitCritGuy/status/1323972170784100352 Habent sua fata libelli - books have their destiny, even if it's just twitter. Thanks to COVID-19, I've been self-isolating for the last ten days or so - happily, my symptoms haven’t been too serious beyond some fatigue, headaches and a mild cough. So, I’ve been trying to fill the time by reading more, … Continue reading Building A Library
It’s easy enough to talk about the political nature of horror. At this point, the challenge is ignoring the political semiotics of horror, especially in film, thanks to a whole host of work that has emerged in the past decade or so. A more complicated problem, and maybe a more interesting one, is working out the direct … Continue reading Towards A Gothic Marxism III: First Sketches
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