Academic and literary books, reviewed by experts
Review of The Dark Fantastic by Ebony Elizabeth Thomas JADE HINCHLIFFE The lack of diverse characters, stories, and authors in fantasy fiction and its related genres of science fiction, speculative fiction, and gothic fiction is deeply problematic. In The Dark
Review of The Sublimity of Document: Cinema as Diorama by Scott McDonald JULIA STOLYAR The sublimity of Document: Cinema as Diorama is a compilation of interviews conducted by Scott McDonald with documentary filmmakers and visual artists from US, Canada, Iran,
Review of The Face on Film by Noa Steimatsky KIERRAN HORNER The central premise of Noa Steimatsky’s fascinating study is the multivalent, polysemous (chiefly) human face. This filmic face is moving in both senses of the word: cinema captures the
Review of Females by Andrea Long Chu JAMES LAWRENCE SLATTERY “Everyone is female. And everyone hates it.” This statement is written large on the back cover. It is inclusive – overly so – and direct. Yet despite its pointed manner,
Review of Unruly Visions: The Aesthetic Practices of Queer Diaspora by Gayatri Gopinath SOHEL SARKAR A film theatre marquee that reads, “If you know what you’re looking for, the backward glance can be a glimpse into the future”; a reinvented
Review of The World Philosophy Made: From Plato to the Digital Age by Scott Soames JUSTIN SKIRRY Scott Soames’s book, The World Philosophy Made: From Plato to the Digital Age, provides an extended response to concerns raised in a New
Review of Art and Advertising in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West by Michelle Delaney CHRISTOPHER CONWAY In his influential speech to the 1893 meeting of the American Historical Association, titled “The Significance of theFrontier in American History”, Frederick Jackson Turner observed
Review of Stylish Academic Writing by Helen Sword RAVEN HAYMOND It’s no secret that many readers, both inside and outside academia, view academic writing as stodgy, tedious, and often incomprehensible. Facing this criticism head on, Helen Sword is on a
Review of The Joy of Statistics by Steve Selvin ANNA MILLER The Joy of Statistics provides a short glimpse into the vast world of statistics. This book delivers the general background needed to begin understanding statistical methods and how to
Folklore Fundamentals BRITTANY ELDRIDGE William Hansen’s The Book of Greek &Roman Folktales, Legends & Myths is an enchanting collection that both entertains and educates. The extensive compilation of Greek and Roman folktales, legends, myths, anecdotes, ghost stories (and more!) that