InThe CoilbyMelissa GrunowPsychosis & Obsession: On Forrest Roth’s ‘Gary Oldman Is a Building You Must Walk Through’An anonymous narrator hinges all his hope for future happiness on a script for a commercial that will feature actor Gary Oldman.Jul 31, 2019
InThe CoilbyJen CorriganSpeculative Feminism: On Carmen Maria Machado’s ‘Her Body and Other Parties’Machado’s collection is a genre-bending blend of sci-fi, literary fiction, folklore, ghost stories, and contemporary media.Apr 28, 20181
InThe CoilbyJen CorriganRefusing to Solve a Solvable Problem: On Tom McAllister’s ‘How to Be Safe’McAllister’s commentary on our current political climate provides unflinching insights into the epidemic of American gun violence.Apr 7, 2019Apr 7, 2019
InThe CoilbySurmayi KhatanaSearing Commentary on Society: On Chaya Bhuvaneswar’s ‘White Dancing Elephants’Bhuvaneswar’s stories explore the power dynamics of rape, assault, queer relationships, sexism, racism, and societal structures.Oct 15, 2018Oct 15, 2018
InThe CoilbyJen SOn Dickson Lam’s ‘Paper Sons’Lam’s memoir eloquently paints a portrait of immigrant experiences in a city that is superficially welcoming, but deeply hostile.Mar 5, 2018Mar 5, 2018
InThe CoilbyMelissa GrunowPsychosis & Obsession: On Forrest Roth’s ‘Gary Oldman Is a Building You Must Walk Through’An anonymous narrator hinges all his hope for future happiness on a script for a commercial that will feature actor Gary Oldman.Jul 31, 2019
InThe CoilbyJen CorriganSpeculative Feminism: On Carmen Maria Machado’s ‘Her Body and Other Parties’Machado’s collection is a genre-bending blend of sci-fi, literary fiction, folklore, ghost stories, and contemporary media.Apr 28, 20181
InThe CoilbyJen CorriganRefusing to Solve a Solvable Problem: On Tom McAllister’s ‘How to Be Safe’McAllister’s commentary on our current political climate provides unflinching insights into the epidemic of American gun violence.Apr 7, 2019
InThe CoilbySurmayi KhatanaSearing Commentary on Society: On Chaya Bhuvaneswar’s ‘White Dancing Elephants’Bhuvaneswar’s stories explore the power dynamics of rape, assault, queer relationships, sexism, racism, and societal structures.Oct 15, 2018
InThe CoilbyJen SOn Dickson Lam’s ‘Paper Sons’Lam’s memoir eloquently paints a portrait of immigrant experiences in a city that is superficially welcoming, but deeply hostile.Mar 5, 2018
InThe CoilbyEd TatoVictory Vs. Bureaucracy: On ‘Churchill’s Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare’Though interesting and sufficient, Milton’s nonfiction narrative doesn’t confer the suspense and danger of Churchill’s missions.Oct 7, 2018
InThe CoilbyNicole TommasuloOn Lang Leav’s ‘Sea of Strangers’Leav’s latest collection of prose and poetry is a story of love, love lost, and glimmers of hope that things will get better.Jan 11, 2018
InThe CoilbyJen CorriganIllness as Narrative: On Sarah Fawn Montgomery’s ‘Quite Mad’Montgomery’s memoir is an inquiry into what it is like to struggle and thrive with mental illness in modern America.Sep 23, 2018