nthposition online magazine

On A Confederacy of Dunces

by Joe Palmer

[ opinion - december 11 ]

Twenty years after it was published, the novel is still tedious, repetitious, unpleasant - and funny.

Ruling us

review by Douglas Messerli

[ filmreviews ]

DiCaprio delivers the best role of his career as J Edgar Hoover, but a creaky plot structure doesn't help

The Futurist goes to Tate Modern, Anna Akhmatova at Koblenz & Lorine Niedecker at Lake Michigan

by Alistair Noon

[ poetry - december 11 ]

The Penistone Line

by Ben Parker

[ poetry - december 11 ]

The machinery of breathing

by Stevie Ronnie

[ poetry - december 11 ]

Recommended reading

Baptizing dead people for fun and profit: organized religion's most imaginative scam

by Tom Bradley

[ strangeness - june 02 ]

The Mormons have an interesting take on celestial vote-rigging.

Lowest Court Law: Cases And Commentaries

by Ronald J Stone

[ fiction - june 10 ]

"In this book, Stone has done for Lowest Court Law and Jurisprudence what Moby Dick previously did for porpoises. Many kudos to you, Judge Stone."

My temporary son

by Timeri N Murari

[ people - february 05 ]

An orphan's tale.

Rip off the ears: searching for Demosthenes’ secret in Mexico

by John-Ivan Palmer

[ places - january 08 ]

"It's difficult to find privacy in Mexico, least of all if you're traveling with a low-budget female impersonator show."

Random reading

Painting Rust & Blood and Salsa

review by Tom Bradley

[ bookreviews ]

"Racism is the fons et origoof entire shitloads of poetry. Tribalism may be humanity's curse, but is boon to poets who, unlike us farmed mud-people, us golems, still have access to it."