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Tag Archives: experimental fiction
The Cult of Seizure by Rikki Ducornet
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
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The Signatory by Kirk Marshall
“There are few more transfixing vistas than being entitled to a vision of a glassy, membrane-clustered city of racing, pivotal electricity trembling in a white glister of night – a voyage of candles blurring the boundary between occupation and a … Continue reading
Posted in Australian Literature, Literature, New authors, New books, Recommended reads
Tagged Australian Fiction, Australian literature, brisbane queensland, césar aira, contemporary fiction, dada, experimental fiction, experimental literature, fiction, Kirk Marshall, Language poetry, Literature, Melbourne, Nonsense literature, novel, Oulipo, Red Leaves Journal, short story competition, small press, Surrealism, travel, wordsmith, writing
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Kirk Marshall on Skylight Press
“The lustre of morning has intruded again, & the skies are abundant with hoop snakes wrought from gold. A glamorous and celestial sunshine, teeming with a lemniscate of light, bearing the fingerprint of creation like a watermark within a piece … Continue reading
Posted in Australian Literature, Literature, New authors, New books, Recommended reads
Tagged Australian Fiction, Australian literature, brisbane queensland, contemporary fiction, dada, experimental fiction, experimental literature, fiction, Kirk Marshall, Language poetry, Literature, Melbourne, Nonsense literature, novel, Oulipo, Red Leaves Journal, short story competition, small press, Surrealism, wordsmith, writing
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The Dream of the Black Topaze Chamber by Hugh Fox
“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
Diary as Sin review on HTML Giant
“Celestial fire modulates through neon fields and aches throughout the lathe of space, animated into dynamic magnetism and psychedelic constellations. Vision explodes through planetary energy as dimensions shift invisibly. Will Alexander is a phenomenal and singular poet, a poet who allows me … Continue reading
Posted in American Literature, Literature, Reviews
Tagged avant garde, experimental fiction, fiction, HTML GIant, Literature, novel, poetry, Surrealism, Will Alexander
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Diary as Sin by Will Alexander
In order to introduce Will Alexander’s new novel, Diary as Sin, we would like to refer to Darrell Jónsson’s excellent review in the June 1st edition of The Prague Post. Here is the first paragraph – the rest can be … Continue reading
