Thursday, March 31, 2016

2016 Reading List Monthly Update: March

Books read in March of 2016:

"Consumer Guide" (Simon Morris) 3-3-16
"Beneath an Oil-Dark Sea: The Best of Caitlín R. Kiernan Vol. 2" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 3-5-16
"The Nine Lives of Jacob Tibbs" (Cylin Busby) 3-9-16
"Libra" (Don DeLillo) 3-18-16
"England's Hidden Reverse: A Secret History of the Esoteric Underground" (David Keenan) 3-20-16
"The Ballad of Black Tom" (Victor LaValle) 3-24-16
"Kylie Fashion" (Kylie Minogue/William Baker) 3-25-16
"Nameless" (Grant Morrison) 3-29-16
"Slow Learner" (Thomas Pynchon) 3-31-16

 2016 Reading List Total:

1. "Nightside of Eden" (Kenneth Grant) 1-8-16 *
2. "The Tears of Eros" (Georges Bataille) 1-8-16
3. "Theory of Religion" (Georges Bataille) 1-10-16
4. "Divorce Procedures for the Hairdressers of a Metallic and Inconstant Goddess" (Justin Isis) 1-16-16
5. "A Suite in Four Windows" (David Rix) 1-17-16
6. "Two Worlds and In Between: The Best of Caitlín R. Kiernan Vol. 1" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 1-19-16
7. "Outside the Circles of Time" (Kenneth Grant) 1-23-16 *
8. "Nightmares of an Ether-Drinker" (Jean Lorrain) 1-24-16
9. "Literature and Evil" (Georges Bataille) 1-28-16
10. "Hecate's Fountain" (Kenneth Grant) 1-30-16
11. "Outer Gateways" (Kenneth Grant) 2-5-16 *
12. "The Strange Dark One: Tales of Nyarlathotep" (W.H. Pugmire) 2-6-16
13. "The Einstein Intersection" (Samuel R. Delany) 2-10-16
14. "Lunar Park" (Bret Easton Ellis) 2-13-16
15. "A Cat, a Man, and Two Women" (Junichiro Tanizaki) 2-15-16
16. "Picnic at Hanging Rock" (Joan Lindsay) 2-22-16
17. "Age of Blight" (Kristine Ong Muslim) 2-25-16
18. "Consumer Guide" (Simon Morris) 3-3-16
19. "Beneath an Oil-Dark Sea: The Best of Caitlín R. Kiernan Vol. 2" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 3-5-16
20. "The Nine Lives of Jacob Tibbs" (Cylin Busby) 3-9-16
21. "Libra" (Don DeLillo) 3-18-16
22. "England's Hidden Reverse: A Secret History of the Esoteric Underground" (David Keenan) 3-20-16
23. "The Ballad of Black Tom" (Victor LaValle) 3-24-16
24. "Kylie Fashion" (Kylie Minogue/William Baker) 3-25-16
25. "Nameless" (Grant Morrison) 3-29-16
26. "Slow Learner" (Thomas Pynchon) 3-31-16

 *= book I have read at least once in the past

Currently Reading:

"Submission" (Michel Houellebecq)

Friday, March 11, 2016

Là-Bas Day at Dennis Cooper's Blog

Today Dennis Cooper's blog is hosting an extremely obsessive essay/article I put together about J.K. Huysmans and his writing of his novel Là-Bas. It was in fact so long that it had to be split into two parts, with part two set to appear over the weekend. Anyway, here's the link to part one:

http://denniscooper-theweaklings.blog...

It is my hope that it will be of interest both to those who have never read the book and also those who are fans of it.