The Last Vestige of an Old Order in “The Nineties” – Chicago Review of Books

The Last Vestige of an Old Order in “The Nineties” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] As I approach middle age, my brain has started to shrivel into the pickled nostalgia that’s the birthright of every generation, and because I attended high school during the ’90s, I’ve relived fantasies of youth by continually playing the music that was popular then, even if I didn’t actually listen to that same music … Read more

Brutal Order and Violent Extremes in “Written After a Massacre in the Year 2018” – Chicago Review of Books

Brutal Order and Violent Extremes in “Written After a Massacre in the Year 2018” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Daniel Borzutzky’s newest collection of poetry, Written After a Massacre in the Year 2018, examines specific violence in America, explicit within the global economic order. This collection, like his 2016 National Book Award-winning The Performance of Being Human, and Lake Michigan, examines a psychogeography of movement. There’s Pittsburgh, Chile, the American Middle West. Bodies … Read more

Order and Politics in “This is Not Normal” – Chicago Review of Books

Order and Politics in “This is Not Normal” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] In Cass Sunstein’s book This is Not Normal, he observes that “…the success of President Trump has made many people fear that a president, with his current powers, might have the ability to undermine the foundations of a democratic order, above all by altering the understanding of what counts as normal.”  Um, yes. I … Read more