How to Be THAT GIRL When You Feel Dead Inside
“Slim-thick” mannequins. Photograph courtesy of the author. 1. Adam Phillips, On Flirtation (1994) My mother is a strong proponent of…
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The Ur-“Conspiracy”: History of a Pseudoconcept
Theophilus Schweighardt, The Temple of the Rose Cross, 1618, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. Over a period of several years…
On Film with John Ashbery
Eddie Valiant and Jessica Rabbit enter Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988). One of the things I learned from John Ashbery…
Jeopardy!: A Partial Taxonomy
Screenshot from “Jeffpardy!” clip. Everyone I know is now on Jeopardy! As someone who writes about crossword puzzles, constructs puzzles,…
from “Blue Obstacles”
Images courtesy of Hayley O’Malley and reproduced with the permission of the Estate of Kathleen Collins. The following is an…
Garden of Earthly Delights
Jerome Bosch, Garden of Earthly Delightsapproximately. 1480–1490. Photo by Anonymous, Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage Photo Library. Public domain. Garden…
Unfinished: About Kathleen Collins’ “The Blue Barrier.”
Image courtesy of Hayley O’Malley and reproduced with permission of the Estate of Kathleen Collins. This is a composition notebook…
Coke Factory
Drawing by Turner Brooks. I first became aware of the existence of a coke factory in New Haven, Connecticut, when,…
Finely Balanced Eggs
Every month, we search dozens of soon-to-be-published books, to get great ideas and writing for Overview’site. Often we are surprised…
On Broadway: Four Musicals and Me
All photographs courtesy of the author. One Easter Sunday, I attended a screening of the film Jesus Christ Superstar put…