THE DECADENT REVIEW

The Vice of Banality

by Donald Short

“The object of a painting is to express, according to…

Babo’s Vision / , Himself

Eight Remarks on Style and Fashion

criticism November 5, 2020

The Hidden Dreamscape of Claude Tousignant’s Violence Lucide

by Margaryta Golovchenko

criticism May 20, 2021

Subjects Hinder Talk

by Caroline Fernelius

poetry May 20, 2021

Getting Sick on Too Much Sibelius

by Eric Machan Howd

Criticism

The Vice of Banality

The Vice of Banality

by Donald Short

Eight Remarks on Style and Fashion

Eight Remarks on Style and Fashion

The Hidden Dreamscape of Claude Tousignant’s Violence Lucide

The Hidden Dreamscape of Claude Tousignant’s Violence Lucide

by Margaryta Golovchenko

Subjects Hinder Talk

Subjects Hinder Talk

by Caroline Fernelius

A Lurker’s Guide to Breathing Women and Men

A Lurker’s Guide to Breathing Women and Men

by Alex Checkovich

Criticism and the Age: James Wood’s Essays of Two Decades

Criticism and the Age: James Wood’s Essays of Two Decades

Traces

Traces

by Robert Stone

Melville’s Descent into the Maelstrom

Melville’s Descent into the Maelstrom

Author Morsels

Author Morsels

Criticism, Confusion, and Lies

Criticism, Confusion, and Lies

by Donald Short

Char(Lotte in Weimar)’s Web

Char(Lotte in Weimar)’s Web

by Florina Nastase

Increasing Convergence Between Time and Abstraction

Increasing Convergence Between Time and Abstraction

by Jacob Kobina Ayiah Mensah

Two Cardinal Points

Two Cardinal Points

Meridian

Meridian

Beethoven: Decomposition

Beethoven: Decomposition

by Spencer Hawkins

The Idea of Structure in Marvin Bell’s Treetops

The Idea of Structure in Marvin Bell’s Treetops

by John Timothy Robinson

TEXTURALITY

The Decadent Review

The Decadent Review

Reviews

Dualism’s Categorical Mistake

Dualism’s Categorical Mistake

When Nabokov Went Rococo: Ada, or Ardor

When Nabokov Went Rococo: Ada, or Ardor

by Arabella von Arx

The Literature of Violence and its Politics

The Literature of Violence and its Politics

by Luke Buffini

Poems to a Poet who Wrote Poems to a Poet

Poems to a Poet who Wrote Poems to a Poet

by Shannon Bohnen

A Journey Through Lyrics of Reality

A Journey Through Lyrics of Reality

by Runa Bandyopadhyay

Yes, but Slowly

Yes, but Slowly

by Paul F. Gehl

Essays

An Abyss Between Them

An Abyss Between Them

by Eduardo Frajman

Marcel Duchamp Mugged by a Street Hustler

Speaking while Eating, and Vice Versa

Speaking while Eating, and Vice Versa

by Tingting Hui

Language, Thought, and Bluets

Language, Thought, and Bluets

by Jack Bastock

Small Latin and Less Greek

Small Latin and Less Greek

by Clifford Venho

Abstraction and Photography

Abstraction and Photography

by Michael Betancourt

Tennyson’s Ulysses As A Metafictional Romp

Tennyson’s Ulysses As A Metafictional Romp

by Swapnil Dhruv Bose

Death as an Example

by Rabih Salloum

The Persian Spirit, Iran’s New Poetry, and Hossein Amanat’s Architecture

The Persian Spirit, Iran’s New Poetry, and Hossein Amanat’s Architecture

by Danial Haghighi

Reading Blanchot’s “Reading” as Reading Blanchot’s “Reading”

Reading Blanchot’s “Reading” as Reading Blanchot’s “Reading”

by Kimmo Rosenthal

Fascist Foot Lockers

Fascist Foot Lockers

by Caroline E. Cook

To Punch or Not to Punch a Roman emperor: That is the Question

To Punch or Not to Punch a Roman emperor: That is the Question

Thoughts On Steppenwolf

Thoughts On Steppenwolf

by C. Rommial Butler

Beethoven’s Guide to Being Human

Beethoven’s Guide to Being Human

Poetry

Babo’s Vision / , Himself

Babo’s Vision / , Himself

Getting Sick on Too Much Sibelius

Getting Sick on Too Much Sibelius

by Eric Machan Howd

A Wolf Howls: Memories of a Poet

A Wolf Howls: Memories of a Poet

by Sylvie Robinson

We Will Plant Songs Where There Were Curses

We Will Plant Songs Where There Were Curses

by R.C. Neighbors

So Light Plants Its Root

So Light Plants Its Root

by James Grabill

Mnemosyne – Canto I

Mnemosyne – Canto I

by Constance E. Crozier

Lock

Lock

by Eric Machan Howd

The Lost Self-Portrait of Rogier van der Weyden

by Joel Savishinsky

A Man Walked Out

A Man Walked Out

by John McKernan

(my want) and this it seems

(my want) and this it seems

by Steve Gerson

Quite So. But –

Quite So. But –

by Hibah Shabkhez

language

language

by Lily O'Keefe

Reverberation of the Genome

Reverberation of the Genome

by James Grabill

Poetry is Dead, but Death is a Rorschach Test

Poetry is Dead, but Death is a Rorschach Test

by Lachlan Brooks

Ode on Keats’s “Ode on Indolence”

Ode on Keats’s “Ode on Indolence”

by Katherine Quevedo

Donald Mace Williams’ Reconstructions

Donald Mace Williams’ Reconstructions

Louvre

Louvre

Icarus

Icarus

by Elizabeth Brewster Thomas

Bruce Conner’s Lactobacilli

Bruce Conner’s Lactobacilli

A Poem on Anne Caron’s Float

A Poem on Anne Caron’s Float

Cleopatra and Marc Anthony Play Chess

by Bianca Glinskas

The Day That I Finally Understood the Tragedy of the Leaves

The Day That I Finally Understood the Tragedy of the Leaves

The Songs of Sorrow

The Songs of Sorrow

Senescence

Senescence

The Reconstructions, II: Vaughan Williams – Tallis Fantasia

The Reconstructions, II: Vaughan Williams – Tallis Fantasia

by Donald Mace Williams

The Reconstructions, I: Beethoven – Große Fuge

The Reconstructions, I: Beethoven – Große Fuge

by Donald Mace Williams

The Reconstructions, IV: Brahms – Piano Concerto No. 2

The Reconstructions, IV: Brahms – Piano Concerto No. 2

by Donald Mace Williams

The Reconstructions, III: Ravel – String Quartet in F

The Reconstructions, III: Ravel – String Quartet in F

by Donald Mace Williams

The Walk

The Walk

by Steve Gerson

Lucy

Lucy

by Jill Bronfman

Degradation Sonnet

Degradation Sonnet

by Anthony Hamilton

The Cycle

The Cycle

by Katherine Lazarus

Thoughts While Playing Online Chess

Thoughts While Playing Online Chess

Holy Daisy (After Gertrude Stein’s Sacred Emily)

Holy Daisy (After Gertrude Stein’s Sacred Emily)

by Claire Marie Anderson

Bright Hope

Bright Hope

by James Ph. Kotsybar

Respice finem – III: Tod

Respice finem – III: Tod

by Willi van Hengel

Spectres

Spectres

by Kathryn Sadakierski

Light Pollution

Classical Music

Classical Music

by Jason Morphew

Lyrical Ekphrasis on the Introduction to the 1st Movement of Beethoven’s 7th

Lyrical Ekphrasis on the Introduction to the 1st Movement of Beethoven’s 7th

by Michael Perret

Sinfonia Eroica

Sinfonia Eroica

by Matt Schroeder

Piano Sonata No. 26, Les Adieux

Piano Sonata No. 26, Les Adieux

Concerto in D Major

Concerto in D Major

by Tom Driscoll

Joy and the Demon

Joy and the Demon

by Anthony S. James

Symphony

Symphony

by Walter Holland

Darling, this one’s your eulogy

Darling, this one’s your eulogy

Child’s Requiem

Child’s Requiem

by Fran Markover

Dolores Haze Étude

String Quartet No. 15, Op. 132 – Tragicomedy

String Quartet No. 15, Op. 132 – Tragicomedy

Nine minutes and 49 seconds with Ludwig van Beethoven

Nine minutes and 49 seconds with Ludwig van Beethoven

by Paul Brucker

Respice finem – II: Taub

Respice finem – II: Taub

by Willi van Hengel

Respice finem – I: Trotz

Respice finem – I: Trotz

by Willi van Hengel

Metafiction

Borges, Joe Sims, and I

Borges, Joe Sims, and I

by Clark Zlotchew

Silhouettes

Silhouettes

by Allison A. deFreese

Georges Bataille’s Atheology as Abstract Literature

Georges Bataille’s Atheology as Abstract Literature

Plays

CON FORZA, PART I: HAMMERKLAVIER

The following play Hammerklavier – fantasia quasi una biografia, is…

CON FORZA, PART II: OUT OF THE SKILLET

CON FORZA, PART IV: THE PROPER TASK

CON FORZA, PART III: EVENINGS ILLUMINED BY THE ARDOUR OF COAL

Exercises in New Meaning: Rek

by Cordula Daus