Though claims of its existence are still subject to debate, there remains a small but vocal community of diehard genre fans that continues to assert, despite all evidence to the contrary, that Jordan Peele once […]
Tag: Writing
The Strawberry Criterion: Blonde
In the climactic scene of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007), Andrew Dominik’s since-canonized arthouse western, a potent collection of American iconography is simultaneously laid to rest and reanimated: a […]
A Review of Lincoln in the Bardo, In The Style of Lincoln in the Bardo
Lovers of George Saunders, your long national nightmare is finally over. After 25 years of publishing his signature brand of off-the-wall short fiction, this master of the short story has delivered unto his fans “Lincoln in the Bardo,” […]
The 2016 Fall Movie Preview
From slave epics directed by accused rapists to war epics directed by confirmed anti-Semites, this fall movie season truly has something for everyone. Having spent months locked in contentious deliberations, the BPoFD Editorial Board has finally […]
A True Delicacy
The annual Fiesta Oyster Bake, in San Antonio, Texas, takes place every mid-April on the brochuresque liberal arts campus of St. Mary’s University, the oldest Catholic university in the American Southwest. Established in 1916 by […]
BPoFD Podcast Episode #18: Vincent Scarpa
In Episode #18 of the BPoFD Podcast, managing editor Carmen Petaccio sits down with fiction writer Vincent Scarpa to discuss his recent Twitter battle with Roxane Gay, amongst other topics of note. Highlights include analysis of The New York Times 100 Notable […]
What Rapper Should Endorse Hillary Clinton?
Last night, hip hop artist and activist Killer Mike, of the rap collective Run The Jewels, endorsed Bernie Sanders (I-VT) for president at a campaign rally in Atlanta, Georgia. Mike spent five hours with the candidate prior […]
BPoFD Recommends: Fruition of the Damned
After eight long years of development, Fruition of the Damned, a fantasy graphic novel designed specifically for the web, released its first chapter this morning. Spanning over 150 pages of original artwork, Prelude to Rapture ingeniously eschews […]
The Strawberry Criterion: Master of None
In “Plan B,” the pilot episode of Master of None, Aziz Ansari’s new, execrable half-hour comedy series, from Netflix, two quirky New York singles make a trip to the corner drugstore, to buy the eponymous pill. Both […]
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