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“Given that the border is already mystified as a technology, new forms of computerized border technologies doubly fetishize the configurations of people, materials, force, and law that compose bordering practices.”
Given that the border is already mystified as a technology, new forms of computerized border technologies doubly fetishize the configurations of people, materials, force, and law that compose…
“A big birthday party is coming. You will find your way to celebrate that feels right to you. No right answers. Plenty of wrong answers, but no right answers. Channel more Lizzy and less Lydia.” www.publicbooks.org/weird-but-fa...
“Like Milton, who can’t look at Eve in Paradise Lost without falling in love with her, Kuang can’t look at Cambridge without being in love with it.”
In a new review of “Katabasis,” @elysegraham.bsky.social looks at the hellscape of academia—and why we love it.
R. F. Kuang uses the confluence of romantasy, academic satire, and dark academia to pose a more interesting set of questions. To wit: What is the magic that scholars find in the academy?
“Imperial Policing,” a project by the Policing in Chicago Research Group, outlines the “complex unity” comprising three principal wars: on crime, terror, and immigrants.
Given that the border is already mystified as a technology, new forms of computerized border technologies doubly fetishize the configurations of people, materials, force, and law that compose…
“If that were all one had to endure, the joke of the novel’s basic conceit wouldn’t land with nearly as much impact. But we all know how the soft snow of silence in this business covers over real exploitation.”
New at PB: Elyse Graham reviews “Katabasis”:
R. F. Kuang uses the confluence of romantasy, academic satire, and dark academia to pose a more interesting set of questions. To wit: What is the magic that scholars find in the academy?
“They all want to know which novel is your favorite. I suspect most of them don’t really want to hear the obvious answer! But I’m over that. This is my authentic answer. Pride and Prejudice!”
New at PB: @devoney.bsky.social on her new book “Wild for Austin.” www.publicbooks.org/weird-but-fa...
New at PB: What’s your favorite Austen novel and why is it “Pride and Prejudice”? www.publicbooks.org/weird-but-fa...
R. F. Kuang’s highly anticipated new novel is a roman à clef for academics. New at PB: @elysegraham.bsky.social takes the bait.
R. F. Kuang uses the confluence of romantasy, academic satire, and dark academia to pose a more interesting set of questions. To wit: What is the magic that scholars find in the academy?
The “increase of data has not minimized the labor of border enforcement but expanded it.”
New at PB: Jenna M. Loyd reviews Iván Chaar López’s “The Cybernetic Border,” which argues that current border practices categorize unknowability as a security risk.
Given that the border is already mystified as a technology, new forms of computerized border technologies doubly fetishize the configurations of people, materials, force, and law that compose…
“As a satire, the novel covers plenty of academic absurdities and offenses, which readers might interpret, variously, as peccadilloes or contrapassi or minor infernal torments.”
New at PB: @elysegraham.bsky.social reviews R. F. Kuang’s “Katabasis”:
R. F. Kuang uses the confluence of romantasy, academic satire, and dark academia to pose a more interesting set of questions. To wit: What is the magic that scholars find in the academy?