The following is the second and concluding part of Eric Basso’s essay “Annihilation,” as published in his collection of critical writings, Decompositions. The first part can be found here. Click here for a complete selection of Eric Basso’s books. — The Editors *** There can no longer be any question that, with Proust and Joyce, Franz Kafka endures […]
All throughout the week here at Weirdfictionreview.com, we’re dedicated to bringing you not only classic content written by Eric Basso, but the words of others who have experienced Basso’s work and come away with great reward. One such reader is DF Lewis, an iconic writer himself. His novel, Nemonymous Night, was published in June 2011 from […]
Click here for a complete selection of Eric Basso’s books. For the past several weeks, I have struggled to write about Eric Basso’s poetry. At first, I thought it would be a simple affair, comparing the imagery found within his six collections to his prose and drama output, noting how he carefully constructs elaborate narratives with just a few well-chosen […]
The following essay, “Annihilation,” is part of Eric Basso’s collection of critical writings, Decompositions. The second part of this essay will be posted later in the week. Click here for a complete selection of Eric Basso’s books. — The Editors *** If a cup of water be placed on the chest, there will be no movements of waves or […]
Click here for a complete selection of Eric Basso’s books. “History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.” — James Joyce, Ulysses Stephen Daedalus’s statement, a quintessentially modern lament, could serve as a fitting epigraph for a number of Eric Basso’s pieces. His work, whether in dramatic (The Golem Triptych), novelistic (Bartholomew Fair), analytic (Decompositions) or short (The Beak Doctor) […]
Eric Basso (1947 — ) is an American poet, novelist, playwright, and critic, born in Baltimore, Maryland. His novella “The Beak Doctor” has had a cult following among avant-garde gothic writers since it was first published by the Chicago Review in 1977. Since then he has published a novel, several plays, many poetry collections, and a book of nonfiction. In […]
This post is part of an ongoing series on 101 weird writers featured in The Weird compendium, the anthology that serves as the inspiration for this site. There is no ranking system; the order is determined by the schedule of posts. Eric Basso (1947 — ) is an American poet, novelist, playwright, and critic, born in Baltimore, Maryland. “The […]
Maybe you know that the English word apocalypse comes from Greek apokaluptein, to uncover. The uncovering described by apokaluptein can be concrete and literal; it’s something you might do to a dish of food. In fact the word occurs in Book 1 of Herodotus’ Histories in precisely this context: Harpagos has been invited to feast with the […]
Steve Duffy (1963 — ) is a contemporary British writer who has lived in Norfolk and London, but is currently living and working on the North Wales coast. He is a recipient of the International Horror Guild award for the story “The Rag-and-Bone Men” and has published two short story collections, Tragic Life Stories and The Moment of Panic. […]
I first met Travis Louie in 2008 at Carrie Ann Baade’s Surrealist Tea, where a lovely group of artists got a chance to meet and eat tiny delectable sandwiches and drink a good spot of tea. I imagine the Victorian beasts of Louie might do something similar, for certainly they seem to be the most well behaved of all […]