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Mind Palaces
Detail from the cover of Jenny Erpenbeck's Kairos featuring a cropped photo of a woman's blue eye and a large black dot evoking a period at the end of a sentence.

Booking It (Vol. 2)

By Maddi Chilton • August 6th, 2024

The thrilling conclusion to Maddi’s quest to read the entirety of the International Booker Prize longlist.

Always Autumn
An illustration from the manga Chainsaw Man shows a man with shaggy hair pensively reviewing a newspaper, coffee mug in hand.

Hoplophobia

By Autumn Wright • July 17th, 2024

In the great tradition of obscuring the true big bad of its story, the ostensible antagonist of Chainsaw Man is a compelling kaiju.

The Guest
A still from Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water shows the main character underwater with a humanoid yet amphibious creature, the two of them totally about to make out.

Monsterfucking

By Amanda Hudgins • July 5th, 2024

Monsterfucking is about showing a mirror to the monstrosity within – both in terms of society and in terms of the relationships between the parties involved.

A screenshot from Dying Light in a wooded area facing a sunset with a teammate holding an automatic rifle and another in a cowboy hat with a sword with extra swords bolted on

“Rage, rage against the dying of the light”

By Zonghang Zhou • July 3rd, 2024

Though the fear of impending death is rendered moot by respawn mechanics, you know it will eventually run out. Still, you flatly refuse to go gentle into that good night.

Past Presence
A screenshot from Katamari Damacy shows a gigantic ball of detritus in a field of green, a rainbow stretching across the blue sky. A cow and her calf graze nearby, incuriously.

Killing the Dragon

By Dr. Emily Price • July 3rd, 2024

Both Dungeon Meshi and the Katamari franchise ask you to zoom in and look closely, keep your eyes peeled for small details, and never forget them even when they’re a speck on the surface of a massive star.

Exploits Feature

Three New Novels That Change How You Think about Reality

By Kathleen Levitt • July 1st, 2024

The older I get, the more I gravitate towards fiction that messes with the real.

Always Autumn
Destruction from The Course of Empire by Thomas Cole, 1836.

The Worst Case Scenario

By Autumn Wright • June 11th, 2024

It’s worth asking whether people in the past thought they lived at the end times. It’s worth more to realize that despite the recurring sentiment, we do.

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