In the Middle Ages, surprising and unsurprising ways people perceived their bodies.
Author Archives: Carlen
Fox 8
A George Saunders short story about a fox who adores humans until he gets to know humans.
NRDC – Acid Test
An exploration of the startling phenomenon of ocean acidification, which may soon challenge marine life on a scale not seen for tens of millions of years.
The Monthly Bulletin: February 2023
The Non-fiction Feature: The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert;
The Fiction Spot: Fox 8 by George Saunders;
The Product Spot: NRDC – Acid Test
The Sixth Extinction
Humans are altering the planet in a way never before seen, causing the horrifying extinction of an alarming number of species.
The Monthly Bulletin: January 2023
The Non-fiction Feature: Griftopia by Matt Taibbi;
The Fiction Spot: Sleep Donation by Karen Russell;
The Product Spot: The Boys (Amazon Prime show)
The Boys (Amazon Prime show)
A dystopia of superheroes–what happens when they are revered, assumed to be working for the greater good, but actually just human at the core.
Sleep Donation
Written in classic Karen Russell form–luminous, off-kilter, hugely creative, all wrapped in lush language–watching the protagonist travail the bleak landscape of hollowed-out morality in Sleep Donation forces the reader to wonder just how much of Russell’s inspiration is rooted in magical realism, and how much of it is from reality.
Griftopia
We are in a complex political and economical maze, and we are completely at the mercy of the small group of people who understand, and created, the maze.
The Monthly Bulletin: December 2022
Pithy Summary’s 2022 End-of-the-year list!