Jan 24, 2011 1
Alfred Chester fits into the American literary-critical narrative nowhere. Chester, born in 1928 and dead of drugs and depression 43 years later, was a radical, queer, Jewish, liberal writer of fiction (Head of a Sad Angel), criticism and theory (Looking for Genet) who made no effort to hide his various minority identities, making them central [...]
Jan 17, 2011 0
—Who’s drinkin’ Jäger!? —Actually, it’s Fernet. —It’s what? —Fernet. Fernet-Branca; it’s an amaro, an Italian aromatic liqueur. —… —It’s a San Francisco bartender drink. —San Francisco!? I let them give the admittedly Jäger-looking shot a sniff. Faces are made, and the bravest (drunkest) asks for and is granted a sip. I’ve heard lots of curiously angry [...]
Jan 16, 2011 0
Recently, having become addicted to young adult fiction, I had to face the harsh reality that I needed to find some new way to feed my habit before I became the star of the next episode of Hoarders. So I did what any other self-respecting Midwesterner would have done: I got a library card. The [...]
Jan 12, 2011 0
This year, my New Year’s resolutions were based less on introspection and more on watching an inordinate number of infomercials during Christmas break. Did I want to shake my way into shape in the new year? Yes! Was I interested in burning away unwanted hair? Absolutely! Would I like to miraculously earn wealth without risk? [...]
Dec 7, 2010 0
The absurdity of much of Freud leads many to dismiss his proposition that analysis might in some cases be interminable as poppycock. Web Therapy, an improvised web series produced by Dan Bucatinsky and star Lisa Kudrow, takes this anti-therapeutic protestation to its cathected extreme, embodying it in Fiona Wallice, a woman who holds no psychological [...]
