Notatki o kampie - Susan Sontag
W 1964 roku Susan Sontag opublikowała głośny esej Notes on Camp[2], w którym zawarła wypunktowane refleksje na temat zjawiska kampu oraz kampowego pojmowania "złej sztuki" – kiczu. Istotą kampu jest umiłowanie tego, co nienaturalne: a więc wszelkiej sztuczności i przesady. To rodzaj
White Fang and the Call of the Wild - Jack London
A superb work of adventure and imagination, "The Call of the Wild" tells the compelling story of Buck, part St Bernard and part Scotch shepherd dog. "White Fang" (...) tells of the offspring of an Indian wolf-dog and a wolf.
Useless Magic - Florence Welch
Lyrics and never-before-seen poetry and sketches from Florence Welch of Florence + the Machine Songs can be incredibly prophetic, like subconscious warnings or messages to myself, but I often don't know what I'm trying to say till years later. Or a prediction comes true and I couldn't do anything
Come Back Charleston Blue - Chester Himes
Coffin Ed Johnson was angry: 'Yeah, they suspended us for punching a mother-raping pusher in the guts and ain't three hours passed before some drugged-up killer has got Digger.' This was going to have to be a solo effort. Badge or no badge, with his partner on the danger list, Coffin Ed had no
Master of Middle-Earth: The Achievement of J.R.R. Tolkien in Fiction - Paul H. Kocher
Since the first volume appeared in 1954 Tolkien's trilogy, The Lord of the Rings, has become one of the most widely loved works of literature ever published. In Master of Middle-Earth, Paul Kocher considers Tolkien's fiction as a whole, showing the relationship of the short prose and verse
All the Rage - Cara Hunter
A teenage girl is found wandering the outskirts of Oxford, dazed and distressed. The story she tells is terrifying. Grabbed off the street, a plastic bag pulled over her face, then driven to an isolated location where she was subjected to what sounds like an assault. Yet she refuses to press
Woodswoman - Anne LaBastille
Ecologist Anne LaBastille created the life that many people dream about. When she and her husband divorced, she needed a place to live. Through luck and perseverance, she found the ideal spot: a twenty-acre parcel of land in the Adirondack mountains, where she built the cozy, primitive log cabin
The Tragic Muse - Henry James
Henry James puts the gimlet eye on an actress and a painter, and the passions they arouse among friends and possible lovers. He also finds inspiration in a character suggested by Oscar Wilde in what scholar Leon Edel calls a witty and sophisticated novel.
