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,” […]

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,” […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Midway on her life’s journey, a woman finds herself in a dark wood, the right road lost. By no choice of her own, she finds herself in Juarez, a city where even heavily armed women can […]
In October, it will be five years since Carmen Petaccio founded Baby Pictures of Famous Dictators. It’s amazing to think what fruits of his invention persist from that first post until today: hysterical diatribes, wrathful pans, interviews both […]