Not an uncommon story: I was raised Christian, and woke up one day in my teens to discover myself an atheist. Since then, I’ve been…
ITM fans, a research bleg: you’re familiar with the medieval commonplace that the bipedal human form is both evidence of human reason and a reminder…
You may be familiar with the ending of the romance of Bevis of Hampton, which sees the–SPOILER ALERT! IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE…
As a lingering flu drags me through the weekend, I offer you a brief story, which involves some ongoing themes of ITM: animals; disability; and…
The sixth-century Grammarian Priscian defined “vox” as “aerem tenuissimum ictum vel suum sensibile aurium” (air very subtly struck or its sensible effect on the ears),…
Despite Bell’s claims not to be writing an academic book, this anthology is a work of astonishing erudition, at least to this scholar, whose language…
There’s excitement a-cloven-foot for the Ann Vendermeer and Jeff Vandermeer’s forthcoming Kosher Guide to Imaginary Animals. The Manticore? Not kosher. Kosher? The Vegetable Lamb of…
Via Jeffrey’s Twitter account, look out for Anne Rice’s Angel Time, in which an angel offers redemption to a young federally-funded assassin if he travels back in time…
Once you come out of your food coma, and once you’ve read Michael O’Rourke’s review below, you may have to start compiling next semester’s syllabi.…
by KARL STEEL First! More zombies! Second, thanks very much to our guest bloggers (and to Jeffrey’s organizational moxie) for what’s become a brief history…
