Ave WisemanTo The Manner Born: On ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’I first watched Anthony Minghella’s 1999 adaptation of The Talented Mr. Ripley about three weeks ago. I would put it as a solidly…Jun 18Jun 18
Ave WisemanJanuary 2024I finished Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell in early December, but I haven’t gotten around to writing about it until now because I spent my…Feb 6Feb 6
Ave WisemanDecember 2023I spent a lot of the holiday season thinking about restaurant work. I turned 25 this month, and I seem to be settling into the fact of…Jan 3Jan 3
Ave WisemanNovember 2023[This piece contains significant reference to CSA and animal death.]Dec 2, 2023Dec 2, 2023
Ave WisemanPolishing the Statue of Liberty: On Tennessee WilliamsWilliams in 1945.Sep 18, 2023Sep 18, 2023
Ave WisemanWho Cleans the Severed Floor?On Severance and a materialist approach to criticismJun 24, 2023Jun 24, 2023
Ave WisemanSalò, Lolita, and the Aesthetics of Hegemony, Part 4: Ezio’s SaluteI have spent the last three essays laying out an argument for the articulation of aesthetic norms within hegemony as both a means by which…May 27, 2023May 27, 2023
Ave WisemanSalò, Lolita, and the Aesthetics of Hegemony, Part 3: In a Kingdom by the SeaThe palace from Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom.May 8, 2023May 8, 2023
Ave WisemanSalò, Lolita, and the Aesthetics of Hegemony, Part 2: A White-Frame HorrorThe palace from Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom.Apr 11, 2023Apr 11, 2023
Ave WisemanSalò, Lolita, and the Aesthetics of Hegemony, Part 1: AnteinfernoOn the hegemonic bolstering of Pasolini’s film and Nabokov’s textMar 26, 2023Mar 26, 2023
