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Counter Arts Book Club 2024
Counter Arts Book Club 2024
The new list is out! **Last Updated December 2nd**
Sadie Seroxcat
Dec 30, 2023
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Who Discovered the Niger River?
Who Discovered the Niger River?
How the story of a river in Nigeria tells the story of indigenous tribes around the world
Dr Emmanuel Ogamdi
Dec 8
What Is An Artist’s Path to ‘Success’?
What Is An Artist’s Path to ‘Success’?
Lessons From Seven Years of Writing, Film, and Musical Pursuits
Ty W.L. Pearson
Dec 8
We’re All Obsessed with Progress — And Its Costing us
We’re All Obsessed with Progress — And Its Costing us
The Dangerous Idea You Don’t Even Know You Believe
John Steven Martinez
Dec 8
Is Scrooge Gay?
Is Scrooge Gay?
‘A (queer) Christmas Carol’
Tom Barrett
Dec 7
Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ is About To Become the First Diss Track To Hit 1 Billion Streams on…
Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ is About To Become the First Diss Track To Hit 1 Billion Streams on…
The art of kicking a man while he’s down
Nick Hart
Dec 7
As Governments Tighten Control: Lessons from Soviet Fear and China’s Grip on Dissent
As Governments Tighten Control: Lessons from Soviet Fear and China’s Grip on Dissent
And now Project 2025’s hold on the incoming U.S. administration
Holly Pettit
Dec 7
Critical Week in Seoul and Critical Flaw in ‘The Frog’
Critical Week in Seoul and Critical Flaw in ‘The Frog’
Lots to like (in the drama) but not a rare species
Storyhog
Dec 7
Art As Civil Defense
Art As Civil Defense
What can the arts do in our moment of crisis?
Bill Crandall
Dec 7
Review: ‘What About Bob?’ Is a Harshly Overlooked ’90s Comedy
Review: ‘What About Bob?’ Is a Harshly Overlooked ’90s Comedy
Frank Oz strikes comedy gold (again) with his largely forgotten film
Reece Beckett
Dec 6
Monkey Business
Monkey Business
Banana? 6.2 million dollars, please.
Judson Stacy Vereen
Dec 6
An Ordinary World?
An Ordinary World?
Duran Duran, William Shakespeare and Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Marc Barham
Dec 6
AI Will Never Satisfy Your Creative Self
AI Will Never Satisfy Your Creative Self
Using generative tools may fill a purpose, but it won’t fill your soul
Jeff Hayward
Dec 6
AI Will Destroy The Authoring Of Novels and Here’s How It Will Happen.
AI Will Destroy The Authoring Of Novels and Here’s How It Will Happen.
It will start with airport novel franchises
Paul Maglione
Dec 6
Holiday Blues? You’re Not Alone
Holiday Blues? You’re Not Alone
I’ve noticed that while holiday messages, greeting cards, festive songs, and seasonal advertisements paint a picture of pure joy and…
Reflections On A Life
Dec 6
‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ Stands Against Xenophobia and Hate Politics with Innocence and Religious…
‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ Stands Against Xenophobia and Hate Politics with Innocence and Religious…
The Kabir Khan-directed film is one of the most thought-provoking and important films of the Modern Era
Yusuf Ali
Dec 6
How to NOT Be on Time to Your Favorite Concert
How to NOT Be on Time to Your Favorite Concert
The adventure to the concert was more exhilarating than the concert itself
Sir Charles
Dec 5
Philosophical Pessimism And Antinatalism: ‘Hamlet’, Beckett, Nietzsche, Mainländer And Hirst
Philosophical Pessimism And Antinatalism: ‘Hamlet’, Beckett, Nietzsche, Mainländer And Hirst
Part 1: Being, and Nothingness
Marc Barham
Dec 5
The Surrealist Body
The Surrealist Body
From torture to absence
Laura Sabau Tatar
Dec 5
How Is It Possible That Some French Polynesian Music Is Based In Christian Hymns?
How Is It Possible That Some French Polynesian Music Is Based In Christian Hymns?
An exploration into the music genre, Himene Tarava
Stanley C.
Dec 5
Okay, Let’s Talk About ‘Glicked’.
Okay, Let’s Talk About ‘Glicked’.
It’s the 2024 matchup that multiplexes have been anxiously salivating over. But does the Gladiator II + Wicked double-bill actually live up…
good.film
Dec 5
Review: ‘You Were Never Really Here’ is an Elegant Elevation of Pulp Crime Fiction
Review: ‘You Were Never Really Here’ is an Elegant Elevation of Pulp Crime Fiction
Lynne Ramsay’s 2017 neo-noir thriller is subversive, alluring and utterly gorgeous
Reece Beckett
Dec 4
The Power of Poetry
The Power of Poetry
Voices of Irish Tradition
Daniela Dragas
Dec 4
Art’s Exile From Religion
Art’s Exile From Religion
We should be telling the stories of modern religions, updated and appealing in the same way we retell Viking sagas
Melody Jack
Dec 4
‘Romeo + Juliet’ Review: The New Broadway Adaptation That Reinvents the Old
‘Romeo + Juliet’ Review: The New Broadway Adaptation That Reinvents the Old
Director Sam Gold makes the inaccessible reachable to all kinds of audiences.
Mariolina Castellaneta
Dec 4
The Exquisite Eeriness of Bird Horrors Part I: ‘Vivarium’
The Exquisite Eeriness of Bird Horrors Part I: ‘Vivarium’
Is “Bird Horror” becoming a new, intriguingly strange trend in contemporary horror?
Akos Peterbencze
Dec 4
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