Archive for November, 2004

Museology

Sunday, November 28th, 2004

by Richard Ross
ISBN: 0893813761
Ross photographs what he sees in museums: display cases, storage rooms, statues in a corner. He goes for the unexpected shot — the things you might see if you had keys and could get in on an overcast Sunday afternoon when the place was closed and no one else was around. The [...]

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Report to the Men’s Club

Tuesday, November 16th, 2004

by Carol Emswhiller
ISBN: 193152002X
In story after story, Emswhiller uses her not-exactly-human characters to reveal what being human really is, or should be. There are Godzilla-like creatures, a variety of mountain critters, and even some amphibious People in these nineteen stories, and none of them are unbelievable.
They are unexpected, however. I mean, how can you really [...]

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Sticks and Stones

Monday, November 1st, 2004

by Peter Kuper
ISBN: 1400052572
Kuper has crafted a wordless story of empire, of conquest and its consequences. It is a story that would probably be recognizable in any time and any language, but seems all the more impressive in its stark condemnation of ruthless power given current events. No doubt Kuper’s intention in creating an inept, [...]

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