Tag: WorldMaking
The Radical Worldmaking of Joanna Russ
Books & the Arts
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May 13, 2024
The science fiction of Joanna Russ.
In her science fiction, the novelist offered not only an astringent critiques of the present but also bold visions of the future.
“From now on, I will not trust anyone who isn’t angry.” The science-fiction writer Joanna Russ set down those
The World-Making Aesthetic of Hong Sangsoo
Few contemporary filmmakers have been as prolific as the Korean director Hong Sangsoo, who has produced an average of one film per year for the past 26 years, since his volcanic debut, The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well, in 1996. On their surface, Hong’s films appear like chamber plays, centering on the cultural class of South Korea and skewering the whims, hypocrisies, desires, and anxieties of urbane artists and intellectuals as they frequent