Books

Hydra’s Occupy Wall Street Reading List

Hydra’s Occupy Wall Street Reading List

Some reading suggestions that might elucidate, antagonize, support, or deepen your ideas about the current nationwide OWS Movement.

| October 25, 2011 | 3 Comments »

Book Review: Robert Duncan’s “The H.D. Book” / Richard Sieburth’s “Ezra Pound: New Selected Poems and Translations”

Book Review: Robert Duncan’s “The H.D. Book” / Richard Sieburth’s “Ezra Pound: New Selected Poems and Translations”

Robert Duncan's critical appreciation of H.D. reveals a series of poetic heresies he would share with his great predecessor, Ezra Pound.

| September 22, 2011 | No Comments »

Saying It Anyway, A Success Story

Saying It Anyway, A Success Story

Geoff Dyer's protagonists in 'Out of Sheer Rage' are procrastinators who get the real work done.

| August 9, 2011 | No Comments »

Nathaniel Mackey’s Song of the Andoumboulou and the Migration from Mu

Nathaniel Mackey’s Song of the Andoumboulou and the Migration from Mu

Edgar Garcia explores Nathaniel Mackey's call to reimagine the American borderzones.

| May 17, 2011 | No Comments »

Books for the People: Populist Concerns in Contemporary Egyptian Literature

Books for the People: Populist Concerns in Contemporary Egyptian Literature

Way before the revolution in Egypt, bloggers and writers like Alaa Al-Aswany and Khamed Al-Khamissi were calling attention to society's ills through art.

| January 30, 2011 | No Comments »

Best Fiction of 2010

Best Fiction of 2010

In Manhattan, a Second Ave tiger is on the loose. In Queens, a balding middle-aged dad loses his job and spends a night experiencing hipster loft living. In Vietnam, it's all about Napoleon and KFC. Hydra's review of the best, funniest, most intelligent fiction of 2010.

| January 21, 2011 | No Comments »

Something in from Near Waters: Small Anchor Press and the Dory Reader

Something in from Near Waters: Small Anchor Press and the Dory Reader

As I sat down with the first issue of the Dory Reader, poems by Jen Bervin, it became apparent to me that a dory, although modest in size, still conveys something from a larger body. The point, in other words, is to fish.

| December 13, 2010 | No Comments »

An Interview With Badlands Unlimited: E-Book Publishing House of the Future

An Interview With Badlands Unlimited: E-Book Publishing House of the Future

Paul Chan's new e-book publishing house, Badlands Unlimited, has prompted both excitement and dismay. I interviewed Badlands' Director of Operations Ian Cheng about their project: what they hoped to accomplish, what they feared...what they did in the office on mescaline...

| December 9, 2010 | No Comments »

Hipsters and Hashtags: On n+1 and the Value of Microengagement

Hipsters and Hashtags: On n+1 and the Value of Microengagement

How the Internet teaches us to care about "the Sociology of the Hipster" the exact amount it deserves - just barely at all.

| November 17, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Whose Art? Aram Sinnreich’s ‘Mashed Up’ Book

Whose Art? Aram Sinnreich’s ‘Mashed Up’ Book

In the 'remix culture' what divides the creator from the audience anymore?

| September 15, 2010 | No Comments »