If I could send one book back in space­–time to reach that bulimic self who covered her bedroom walls with images of Kate Moss circa 1993 and tell that girl, maybe you don’t want to be Kate Moss, you just want to smoosh against her like your Barbies, Eloise Grills’ big beautiful female theory  would […]

Answers to eternal questions about man’s inhumanity to man remain elusive, but the simple truths burn.

If the overreacting author is unknown (and a bit insane), all the resulting publicity will be bad, as it will probably be if an author tracks down and stalks someone who gives them a going-over on Goodreads. In the latter case, though, the author may be seen as bravely standing up to ‘the Goodreads bullies’. The democracy of the internet. Authors hate that, in inverse proportion to their success and/or talent.

Journeys to the Interior Nicholas Rothwell Black Inc. I’d read a few articles by Nicholas Rothwell and was somewhat ambivalent about what I’d read. I was unsure of his political perspective on life in the NT. He’d made some good points, but often his conclusions disturbed me; this was especially true of some of his […]

Trouble: Evolution of a Radical/Selected Writings 1970–2010 Kate Jennings Black Inc Kate Jennings suggests that the subtitle of her new book of collected writings could be regarded by some as an overstatement, and that ‘Devolution of a Radical’ may have been a more accurate choice. Jennings’ trajectory as a political activist began in 1970 with […]