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Michael S. Judge on Skylight Press

Posted on July 14, 2013 by Daniel

Michael S. Judge was born in 1987 in Kansas City, MO. He grew up in an Irish Catholic enclave in Kansas City, MO and was taught and terrified by Jesuits, much as per Joyce’s Portrait of an Artist as a … Continue reading →

Posted in American Literature, Literature, Music, New authors, Poetry | Tagged American fiction, American literature, American Poetry, arts, Charles Baudelaire, Dalkey Archive, Dante, Divine Comedy, Djuna Barnes, Egypt, experimental literature, Ezra Pound, fiction, Fugue State, iain sinclair, indie music, James Joyce, Kansas City, Literature, Michael S. Judge, music, Nerve Institute, novel, Perdue University, poetry, Prog-Sphere, Sinthome, Skylight Press, Surrealism, T.S. Eliot, Texas, Thomas Pynchon, William Blake | Leave a comment

‘Jesus Christ, that’s a lot of Novels!’ – A Cross-section of Blasphemetic Fiction

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Daniel

The fictions of Jesus the Christ have become many in number, multiplying like the loaves and the fishes at Bethsaida. In that they were pseudepigraphical accounts and written up two to three centuries after the events depicted, the gospels could … Continue reading →

Posted in American Literature, British History, British Literature, Esoteric, Essays, Literary Criticism, Literature, Reviews | Tagged A.J. Langguth, Albert Schweitzer, American fiction, Angela Hunt, Anita Mason, Anthony Burgess, Apocrypha, Astral Plane, Ben Hur, Benito Perez Galdos, Bible, bishop irenaeus, Bishop Ireneus, Blasphemy, British fiction, Bruno Bauer, Buddhism, Channeling, Chris Hill, Chris Moore, Christendom, Christianity, Coptic, coptic gospels, Cyberpunk, D.H. Lawrence, Dan Brown, David Strauss, Dead Sea Scrolls, Decetisicm, Early Church, Ebionite, Elaine Pagels, Eqyptology, Ernest Renan, esoteric, feminism, fiction, Frank Yerby, Friedrich Ghillany, Gabriel Meyer, George Moore, Gerd Theissen, Gerhart Hauptmann, gnostic gospel of thomas, gnosticism, Gore Vidal, Gospel of Thomas, Gospels, Grail, Hagiography, Hebrew, Heresy, Historical Jesus, History, Holy Blood, Hugh Schonfield, infancy gospels, Isis, issus, James Carse, James Morrow, Jeremy Robinson, Jesus Christ, Jim Crace, John, Jose Saramago, Judaism, Karl Barth, Last Temptation of Christ, Lew Wallace, Life of Brian, Liz Green, Luke, Magic, Magick, Marcionism, Mark, Marrianne Fredriksson, Martin Scorsese, Mary Magdalene, Master Jesus, Matthew, Messiah, Michael Baigent, Michael Moorcock, Michele Roberts, Mikhail Bulgakov, Monty Python, Morton Smith, mysticism, mythology, Nag Hammadi, Nazarene, Nikos Katantzakis, Nino Ricci, Norman Mailer, Nostradamus, Novels, Occult, Orthodox, pagan, Par Lagerkvist, Passion Plays, Paul Park, Religion, Richard Muller, Robert Graves, Roman History, Saints, Saviour, Shasaku Endo, Sholem Asch, Simon Magus, Skylight Press, Taylor Caldwell, Testament, Theodore Sturgeon, Theodore Ziolwolski, Theology, Theosophy, Time Travel, Western Mystery Tradition, Wilton Barnhardt, Yeshua, Zoroastrianism | 4 Comments

Skylight Fiction for the Holidaze?

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Daniel

Posted in American Literature, Australian Literature, British Literature, Esoteric, Literature, New authors, New books, Recommended reads | Tagged Alan Richardson, Allegory, American fiction, Anthony Duncan, Australian Fiction, British fiction, Chris Hill, Christmas Presents, Daniel Staniforth, Esoteric Fiction, experimental fiction, Experimental novel, fiction, Gareth Knight, Garry Craig Powell, Hugh Fox, iain sinclair, Kirk Marshall, Labyrinthine, literary fiction, Literature, Magic Realism, Margaret Lumley Brown, Martin Anderson, Metafiction, novel, postmodern, postmodernism, Rebecca Wilby, satire, Skylight Press, Surrealism, Will Alexander | Leave a comment

The Cult of Seizure by Rikki Ducornet

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Daniel

The lunatic algebra of Love. The frenzied orbits of Mood. The malarial temperatures of Wound. Symbols of the Cult of Seizure: This flesh, this amulet incised. This hot spoor of predators. This zodiac savaged in the sky. Anyone who has … Continue reading →

Posted in American Literature, Literature, New authors, New books, Poetry, Recommended reads | Tagged Absurdism, alchemy, American fiction, American novel, Andre Breton, Angela Carter, archetypal world, Art, Artaud, avant garde, Avant garde literature, Bestiary, de sade, deep zoo, dream logic, Dreams, Erzsebet Bathory, experimental fiction, fiction, Gaston Bachelard, Gertrude Stein, gnosticism, Helene Cixous, Italo Calvino, Jeanette Winterson, Jorge Luis Borges, Language poetry, Lautreamont, Lewis Carroll, Literature, Magic, Magic Realism, novel, Octavio Paz, Pablo Neruda, poetry, Rikki Ducornet, silling, small press, Surrealism, Sylvia Plath, symbolism. Porcupine's Quill, The Cult of Seizure, The Fan Maker's Inquisition, The Fountains of Neptune, William Blake, Wordsworth, writing, Zotl | 1 Comment

Rikki Ducornet on Skylight Press

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Daniel

“My first novel, The Stain, was set into motion by a powerful dream. That dream unleashed enough energy to fuel four novels—and this to my astonishment. I was an artist, after all, not a writer. Entering Fire, Phosphor in Dreamland, … Continue reading →

Posted in American Literature, Literature, New authors, New books, Poetry, Recommended reads | Tagged Absurdism, alchemy, Alfred Jarry, American fiction, American novel, Andre Breton, Art, avant garde, Avant garde literature, Bard College, book illustration, Brian Evenson, de sade, Dreams, Entering Fire, European fiction, European novel, experimental fiction, fiction, Fine Art, Garcia Marquez, Gaston Bachelard, Gazelle, gnosticism, graphic illustration, irresistible voice, Italo Calvino, Jeff Vandermeer, Joanna Scott, Jorge Luis Borges, Kafka, Language poetry, Leeuwenhoek, Lewis Carroll, Literature, Magic Realism, Mandrake, Metafiction, Netsuke, novel, poetry, postmodernism, qabala, Rikki Ducornet, Robert Coover, speaking in tongues, Surrealism, The Butcher's Tales, The Fan Maker's Inquisition, The Fountains of Neptune, The Jade Cabinet, The Stain, Walter Benjamin, William Blake, writing | 1 Comment

The Dream of the Black Topaze Chamber by Hugh Fox

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Daniel

“During the day there’s the paradox of bright sun, jade bamboo, emerald persimmon leaves, malachite palms, and wind-sheets of bright (disguised) antarctic cold. But at night the island sails into mute, drained death. They both huddle under their fake black fur…” An intellectual … Continue reading →

Posted in American Literature, Literature, New books, Recommended reads | Tagged American fiction, American literature, Beat literature, Brazil, erotica, experimental fiction, fiction, Gay & Lesbian fiction, Hugh Fox, middle age, novel, Post Beats, South America | 2 Comments

A Tribute to the Late Hugh Fox

Posted on November 27, 2011 by Daniel

A Tribute to the Late Hugh Fox by Daniel Staniforth The small press king is dead – long live his unending fox-trot. Long strut the dance of his unquenchable quill, and that clack-clack clog-riffing through the sweet meanders of … Continue reading →

Posted in American Literature, Literary Criticism, Literature, New authors, Poetry, Recommended reads | Tagged academia, American fiction, American literature, American novel, American Poetry, Anias Nin, Anthropology, Archeology, avant garde, beat generation, Beat poetry., Bukowski, Catholicism, Chicago, Cosmep, experimental literature, fiction, Fullbright Scholar, Ghost Dance, History, Hugh Fox, Judaism, Kerouac, Latin American History, lit zine, Literary Criticism, Literature, Michigan, Mythography, mythology, novel, poetry, Publishing, Pushcart prize, Religion, small press, Small Press Publishing | Leave a comment

Review of “Diary As Sin” on Rain Taxi

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Daniel

Patrick James Dunagan has reviewed Will Alexander’s novel, Diary As Sin, for the Fall 2011 edition of Rain Taxi. Here’s a sample: “Not surprisingly, Will Alexander’s new novel is a decidedly poetic endeavor. This burst of seer-monologue is presented as … Continue reading →

Posted in American Literature, Literature, Poetry, Recommended reads, Reviews | Tagged American fiction, Cosmology, Experimental, fiction, Language poetry, Los Angeles, Negritude, novel, poetry, Surrealism, Will Alexander. American Literature | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: American fiction

Michael S. Judge on Skylight Press

‘Jesus Christ, that’s a lot of Novels!’ – A Cross-section of Blasphemetic Fiction

Skylight Fiction for the Holidaze?

The Cult of Seizure by Rikki Ducornet

Rikki Ducornet on Skylight Press

The Dream of the Black Topaze Chamber by Hugh Fox

A Tribute to the Late Hugh Fox

Review of “Diary As Sin” on Rain Taxi

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