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Naked Text to Felt Art Gallery
In “Selected Program Notes...," Kenneth Schneyer bridges reality and imagination with references to artistic masterworks.
Oct 7
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Casey Houser
July 2025
(Hu)man vs. Self
In “Speed Trap,” Frederik Pohl presents a "systems" man's inefficiencies to develop the character's realism.
Jul 1
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Casey Houser
June 2025
In the Final Stage of Life
In “Keeping Time,” F.H. Batacan brings humanity to a close through the lens of objectification.
Jun 3
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Casey Houser
May 2025
Cracks, From Which Come Madness
In “The Road of Pins,” Caitlin R. Kiernan creates instability through the smallest of fissures, letting madness find the reader.
May 6
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Casey Houser
April 2025
Depth of Field
In “Super-Frog Saves Tokyo,” Haruki Murakami uses simplicity of scene to develop an endlessly-faceted world.
Apr 22
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Casey Houser
March 2025
Between Learning and Facing
In Tender is the Flesh, Agustina Bazterrica splits knowledge and consequence with a simile.
Mar 4
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Casey Houser
February 2025
Feel Good, Then Move On
In “Fuckface,” Leah Hampton crafts a moment of reprieve by referencing a trope.
Feb 4
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Casey Houser
January 2025
A Neutral Intersection of Factions
In “The Bookstore at the End of America,” Charlie Jane Anders foreshadows with a slight tip of the hand.
Jan 28
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Casey Houser
Forever in the Finite
In The Hellbound Heart, Clive Barker spirals outward to bring the endless into a finite space.
Jan 14
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Casey Houser
Grim Exaggeration
In A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens uses grim tone and wild dramatization to foreshadow Scrooge's fate.
Jan 7
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Casey Houser
December 2024
What It Takes to Save a Life
In “Igifu,” Scholastique Mukasonga congregates an entire village to save a young girl.
Dec 3, 2024
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Casey Houser
November 2024
An Author and Character's Power
In The Taiga Syndrome, author Cristina Rivera Garza and the strange businessman envelope the reader.
Nov 26, 2024
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Casey Houser
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