How to Talk about Videogames

Dominic Preston reviews the latest by videogame analysis maestro Ian Bogost, discussing the politics and cultures of gaming in contemporary society.  Continue reading →

Exclamation Marx

Leo Cookman reviews a new collection of poetry playing with Karl Marx and Marxism today. Neil Laurenson, Exclamation Marx (Silhouette Continue reading →

Aubrey de Grey – Advocate for an Indefinite Human Lifespan

Stephen Lee Naish reviews a new interview book between Douglas Lain and controversial age-defying scientist Aubrey de Grey, who was Continue reading →

Boy With Thorn

C Derick Varn reviews the first collection by up and coming Black American poet Rickey Laurentiis. Rickey Laurentiis, Boy With Continue reading →

Review Essay: Citizen Erased

Adam Steiner reviews two important collections of poetry that bring into question the value of poetry today.  Claudia Rankine, Citizen – An American Continue reading →

HKRB Interviews: David Alderson

In the latest in the HKRB Interviews series with authors of new texts in critical theory, Alfie Bown interviews David Continue reading →

Théorie du Kamikaze

Julian Feeld reviews a new book on ‘kamikaze’ and suicide bombing which argues that the act of kamikaze must be Continue reading →

The View from the Cheap Seats

Marcel Krueger  discusses writing, life, and treading on Rachel Adams’ dress in his review of Neil Gaiman’s new non-fiction collection The View Continue reading →