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PEOPLE THINKING THOUGHTS ON THINGS SINCE 2003 | IMAGE: NOAH SATERSTROM
Columns | Tarpaulin Sky Magazine
PEOPLE THINKING THOUGHTS ON THINGS SINCE 2003 | IMAGE: NOAH SATERSTROM
James Pate’s Evening Signals: Germán Sierra’s “The Artifact”
"Here, fiction is never used to illustrate theory. Rather, the concepts are expressed in language so particular, and in circumstances that create such specific moods and ambiences, that to try to extract the theory from the fiction leads to a reductive misreading of the text. " - James Pate
Kelly Krumrie’s “figuring”: Review of Carrie Tiffany’s “Exploded View”
Figuring is a monthly column that puzzles over (to figure) and gives shape to (a figure) writing, art, and environments that integrate or concern mathematics and the sciences. This month's column reviews Australian author Carrie Tiffany's novel, Exploded View.
M. Forajter’s “Ars Necrotica”: I want to take photos of everyone in the grocery store wearing their plague masks
"Plague-world means something more than catastrophe; plague-world is now the embodiment of all my dreams of infections and art-making." - M. Forajter
“Original Obsessions”: Interview with Steven Dunn
Original Obsessions seeks to discover the origins of writerly curiosity -- the gestation and development of these imaginings -- focusing on early fixations that burrowed into an author's psyche and that reappear in their current book. In this installment, Julia Cohen and Abby Hagler interview Steven Dunn, author of Water and Power
M. Forajter’s “Ars Necrotica”: A Pandemic Earth Day & the Uncanny
"My husband hears the birds and the sunshine and the gentle growling of the wind through the trees as normal, while I hear it as a threat. This is what the anthropocene has done to my perception of nature; it has been made unrecognizable." - M. Forajter
Kelly Krumrie’s “figuring”: On Fractals, Part 2
"How can literature be fractal? It should probably include repetitions on various scales. But what are the edges of literary repetition? What can be counted? How can what’s counted get bigger or smaller while remaining the same?" - Kelly Krumrie
James Pate’s Evening Signals: Germán Sierra’s “The Artifact”
"Here, fiction is never used to illustrate theory. Rather, the concepts are expressed in language so particular, and in circumstances that create such specific moods and ambiences, that to try to extract the theory from the fiction leads to a reductive misreading of the text. " - James Pate
Kelly Krumrie’s “figuring”: Review of Carrie Tiffany’s “Exploded View”
Figuring is a monthly column that puzzles over (to figure) and gives shape to (a figure) writing, art, and environments that integrate or concern mathematics and the sciences. This month's column reviews Australian author Carrie Tiffany's novel, Exploded View.
M. Forajter’s “Ars Necrotica”: I want to take photos of everyone in the grocery store wearing their plague masks
"Plague-world means something more than catastrophe; plague-world is now the embodiment of all my dreams of infections and art-making." - M. Forajter
“Original Obsessions”: Interview with Steven Dunn
Original Obsessions seeks to discover the origins of writerly curiosity -- the gestation and development of these imaginings -- focusing on early fixations that burrowed into an author's psyche and that reappear in their current book. In this installment, Julia Cohen and Abby Hagler interview Steven Dunn, author of Water and Power
M. Forajter’s “Ars Necrotica”: A Pandemic Earth Day & the Uncanny
"My husband hears the birds and the sunshine and the gentle growling of the wind through the trees as normal, while I hear it as a threat. This is what the anthropocene has done to my perception of nature; it has been made unrecognizable." - M. Forajter
Kelly Krumrie’s “figuring”: On Fractals, Part 2
"How can literature be fractal? It should probably include repetitions on various scales. But what are the edges of literary repetition? What can be counted? How can what’s counted get bigger or smaller while remaining the same?" - Kelly Krumrie