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I Will Rot Without You by Danger Slater
5.0
I WILL ROT WITHOUT YOU is probably the stepping stone to the next phase of Danger's literary career. There is a heart and an intimacy here that isn't really present in his other novels. A few of his short stories, sure, but this is the first sustained work I can think of. There is something deeply personal to Ernie's plight, despite its lunacy and literally ever-growing nature. I WILL ROT WITHOUT YOU is, at its core, an extended metaphor for heartbreak and the end of a relationship. And, while I can't say that I've ever been lost in a cockroach church or sucker-punched by a severed limb or lost an organ -- at least not due to a woman, anyway -- I know exactly what he's talking about.
As a side note, Goodreads tells me I read this book in 12 days, which is incredible for me. I am not a great reader. That said, I absolutely could have finished this book in, like, 3 days, except, and I'm not kidding here, I was eating a hot dog while reading that one scene -- the one with the face -- and I had to put the book down for a while.
As a side note, Goodreads tells me I read this book in 12 days, which is incredible for me. I am not a great reader. That said, I absolutely could have finished this book in, like, 3 days, except, and I'm not kidding here, I was eating a hot dog while reading that one scene -- the one with the face -- and I had to put the book down for a while.
Gag by Stephen Schwegler
5.0
Amazing, stupendous, and a whole host of other positive adjectives. GAG is an engrossing and cathartic ride, all too familiar to anyone who's been too close to the edge.
How To Be An American by Ally Malinenko
5.0
I loved the ever-loving shit out of this collection. Ally Malinenko doesn't so much hold a mirror up to society as a magnifying glass. She brings to the forefront the overlooked among us, the realism we mistake for pessimism and try to shove down and hide with alcohol and prescriptions. She calls out the flag-waving American exceptionalism we traffic in for the propagandist bullshit that it is.
A quote on the back of the books states that these poems are "anti-American." Whoever the editor was that wrote that was doubly foolish. First, for passing over whatever poems it was they rejected, and second, they completely misunderstood How To Be An American. This collection is the most truly American thing I've read in a long time.
A quote on the back of the books states that these poems are "anti-American." Whoever the editor was that wrote that was doubly foolish. First, for passing over whatever poems it was they rejected, and second, they completely misunderstood How To Be An American. This collection is the most truly American thing I've read in a long time.
Wolverine: Old Man Logan by Mark Millar
4.0
I really enjoyed it, though I feel like the back half moved too quickly. I definitely like the world that was set up and I'll probably check out the new ongoing version.
I'll Fuck Anything That Moves and Stephen Hawking by Violet LeVoit
5.0
Smart, cutting, nihilistic, and beautifully written. We need more literature like this.