Skip to content

That Shakespearean Rag

A Blog About Books and Reading

  • Home
  • About
  • Account
  • Log In
  • Newsletter
  • Contact

That Shakespearean Rag

A Blog About Books and Reading

  • Home
  • About
  • Account
  • Log In
  • Newsletter
  • Contact
CanLitShort FictionThe Horror Show

A.C. Wise channels unease and melancholy in her story collection The Ghost Sequences

November 3, 2021June 14, 2022

In this suite of sixteen uncanny tales, memory and loss are manifest in the spectres that haunt various characters.

This content is for Monthly Reader and Annual Reader members only.
Login Join Now
Read more
PublishingThe Colophon

In a win for authors and readers, U.S. Department of Justice sues to block merger of Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster

November 2, 2021June 14, 2022

The deal, worth a reported $2.175 billion USD, has already been the subject of opposition among many players inside and outside the publishing industry.

This content is for Monthly Reader and Annual Reader members only.
Login Join Now
Read more
CanLitNon-fictionThe Colophon

“White folks get to erase or occlude parts of their history”: Ian Williams on race, language, and his new essay collection, Disorientation

November 2, 2021June 14, 2022

For the author, the titular condition involves those moments when one is just trying to live one’s life and is suddenly reminded of one’s race.

This content is for Monthly Reader and Annual Reader members only.
Login Join Now
Read more
Brief EncountersCanLitShort Fiction

The annual anthology series Best Canadian Stories celebrates fifty years of showcasing Canada’s proficiency and variety in the literary form

November 1, 2021June 14, 2022

“The function of it was the pleasure of the work for readers, and the value to writers was to show them how good they had to get,” says longtime series editor John Metcalf.

This content is for Monthly Reader and Annual Reader members only.
Login Join Now
Read more
FilmInternational LiteratureThe Horror Show

Elvira, Mistress of the Dark returns in a new book that also recalls an earlier contender for dark queen of late-night horror

October 29, 2021June 14, 2022

A volume of cultural criticism about Vampira and a new memoir by the creator of Elvira: Mistress of the Dark show how much, and how little, the two have in common.

This content is for Monthly Reader and Annual Reader members only.
Login Join Now
Read more
CanLitThe Horror ShowWriters and Writing

Adam Pottle on how the CanLit establishment’s preference for literary realism downplays the value of horror writing

October 27, 2021June 14, 2022

Horror doesn’t gel with those who’ve propped up CanLit respectability – that is, chiefly cishet, nondisabled white people, Pottle writes.

This content is for Monthly Reader and Annual Reader members only.
Login Join Now
Read more
FilmThe Horror Show

Conan Tobias on a quarter-century quest to watch every episode of the vampire soap opera Dark Shadows

October 25, 2021June 14, 2022

The pop culture phenomenon resulted in board games and a central character’s appearance alongside Bozo the Clown.

This content is for Monthly Reader and Annual Reader members only.
Login Join Now
Read more
FilmInternational LiteratureThe Horror Show

Carvell Wallace on America’s history of exploiting Black pain for cheap scares

October 22, 2021June 14, 2022

Nia DaCosta’s re-imagining of the 1992 film Candyman proves more effective because it does not traffic in white voyeurism in its examination of Black trauma.

This content is for Monthly Reader and Annual Reader members only.
Login Join Now
Read more
International LiteratureNovelsThe Horror Show

James Han Mattson’s Reprieve is set in a full-contact haunted house

October 21, 2021June 14, 2022

What could possibly go wrong?

This content is for Monthly Reader and Annual Reader members only.
Login Join Now
Read more
FilmThe Horror Show

On resilience, the pandemic, and the surprising benefits of consuming horror fiction

October 19, 2021June 14, 2022

“By scaring you in your seat without actually posing a threat, you have the opportunity to practice your emotion regulation skills, particularly with regard to fear.”

This content is for Monthly Reader and Annual Reader members only.
Login Join Now
Read more

Posts navigation

< 1 … 32 33 34 … 54 >
Powered by the Elsie WordPress theme