As I mentioned in the review of Zindel’s book The Pigman, Paul Zindel was an author who primarily wrote for young adults, but really didn’t write down to them. Although his characters didn’t always have mortgages, resentful ex-spouses, demanding bosses, ungrateful kids or more typical adult concerns, the books generally have characters, who despite not … Read more
The Hungry Earth is a new thriller/body horror novel written by Nicholas Kaufmann. As I get older I wonder if some of the fascinations I or other readers feel with body horror novels isn’t at least in some part driven by fear of aging and the inevitable body changes that occur. The driving force in … Read more
These are just some of the stereotypes of Black men and women. Some of them date back to slavery. Others, like the welfare queen, are obviously more recent. They have been discussed in scholarly articles. They have been refuted and dismissed by Black people who don’t realize the archetypes are cast in many major motion … Read more