HKRB Essays: Stranger Things and the Nostalgia Industry

Grafton Tanner discusses ‘Stranger Things,’ retromania and the role of commodities in the nostalgia industry, from Taylor Swift to Donald Continue reading →

Foucault in Iran

Angus Reoch reviews Foucault in Iran:, arguing that it is never useless to revolt and grappling with the contradictions of Western Continue reading →

Low Shelf Angels

Thomas L. Lynn, Jr reflects on Luke Austin Daugherty’s Low Shelf Angels discussing existentialism and its rehabilitation. The piece includes some poems Continue reading →

HKRB Interviews: Bill Ashcroft

Grant Hamilton interviews cultural and literary critic Bill Ashcroft about his new book on utopia and postcolonial writing. They discuss Continue reading →

HKRB Essays: Donald Trump and Liberal Outrage

As the Election results come in, Daniel Bristow provides a final assessment of Trump’s despicable significance and warns that if he Continue reading →

Trainwreck

Stephen Lee Naish reviews Sady Doyle’s book on the public hatred of the likes of Lindsay Lohan, reflecting on Black Mirror and what Continue reading →

HKRB ESSAYS: Hipster Politics

Lucas Ballestín analyzes the politics of the hipster, looking to dispel assumptions and use psychoanalytic intuition to explore new ways of thinking the Continue reading →

The Storyteller: Tales Out of Loneliness

Geoff Tibbs provides an extended review of one of the most important publications of the year, the Walter Benjamin stories. Continue reading →