What’s so appealing about Tiger King? Perhaps it is that the lurid goings-on are so distinctively American.
Lucas Spiro
Book Review: “Four Futures” — Surprisingly Relevant ‘Social Science Fiction’
Peter Frase envisions how our current bedeviling social contradictions and economic abuses may play out in the future.
Book Review: “Strange Hotel” — Battling the Inner Critic
Strange Hotel focuses on a woman’s life in middle age, suspended between the hollow satisfactions of memory and anxiety about the future.
Book Review: “Klotsvog” — Confusion Reigns Supreme
Klotsvog ends up being a fascinating literary failure. Good for academics, but bad for readers.
Book Review: “Galway Girl” — Anarchic Fury
Jack Taylor has always been a version of the reluctant detective, but now he seems more impotent than ever — distracted, beat down, and very tired.
Arts Fuse Podcast #18: The End of an Era
Have no fear! The Arts Fuse podcast will be returning soon in a new format.
Arts Fuse Podcast #17: When the Games Are So Unjust …
We welcome community organizer and children’s books writer Jacob Kramer to talk about breaking the rules. His work infuses revolutionary thought with childlike wonder, encouraging readers of all ages to consider what’s possible, and to challenge the cynics.
Arts Fuse Podcast #16: Encrypted Telegraphs With Lt. Deanna
How seriously do we take country rap? Is it even a genre?
Arts Fuse Podcast #15: REE-AL-O-TEE!
The boys (Lucas Spiro and Matt Hanson) are joined once again by Arts Fuse editor-in-chief Bill Marx.
Arts Fuse Podcast #12: Howl at the Loon
It happens. Podcast producer Lucas Spiro messed up the audio for this episode —but he managed to put this together so you wouldn’t have to go without our sweet, sweet content.