What does the construction of our clothing tell us about our culture’s attitude to human dignity, and what can we do with that?

Commentary, Written by: EdgarC.-E. BoylesOctober 19, 2022Clothing, Materialist AnalysisComment

Edgar's Book Round-Up, September 2022

It’s fine; it’s really fine: time is a pink slurry.

Written by: Edgar, Book reviewsC.-E. BoylesOctober 5, 2022anthony ryan, alex pheby, Catherynne M. Valente, Tana French, Vladimir Nabokov, Becky Chambers, Tasha Suri, Charles Stross, Tamsyn Muir, BooksComment

"Where I'll Be, Not Where I Was": Ezra Furman's Transformations

Excitement and trepidation! A heady blend, and one that Furman understands well: it’s been a major theme of several prior albums, and that carries on in to All Of Us Flames. But isn’t that the proper affect before any transformation?

Music, Written by: EdgarC.-E. BoylesSeptember 14, 2022Ezra Furman, musicComment

Edgar's Book Round-Up, August 2022

I’m a Dostoevsky guy to a kind of embarrassing degree

Written by: Edgar, Book reviewsC.-E. BoylesAugust 31, 2022tamora pierce, geoffrey chaucer, T. Kingfisher, Fyodor Dostoevsky, constance garnett, james baldwin, Tade Thompson, aeschylus, christopher collard, Caitlin R. KiernanComment

Edgar's Book Round-Up, July 2022

It’s been brain-meltingly hot. Fortunately, one of the last things to go for me is my ability to process narrative!

Book reviews, Written by: EdgarC.-E. BoylesAugust 10, 2022Daryl Gregory, Charles Dickens, Waubgeshig Rice, Antonio R. Damasio, Ryu Murakami, Ralph McCarthy, Denis Johnson, Ursula K. LeGuin, Rax King, Richard C. Schwartz, Kikuko Tsumura, Polly Barton, Matt Bell, booksComment