The PEN/Hebdo Protest, and What Speculative Literature Has To Say About It

April 30, 2015 Theodore McCombs

The roiling debate over PEN's decision to honor Charlie Hebdo, with some commentary on free self-expression from speculative classics.

Thirty Birds Make a Man: Porochista Khakpour's THE LAST ILLUSION

March 20, 2015 Theodore McCombs

Zal, the hero of Porochista Khakpour’s The Last Illusion, must remind himself again and again he is “not a bird not a bird not a bird.” Our protagonist’s conflict is a wonderfully specific one.