Book News: Yet Another Heart of Darkness
Also more places to buy "Not Akhmatova"
I’ve got news about a couple of my books this week. First, I discovered a review of my ebook on colonial film, Yet Another Heart of Darkness at SFRA. It is old, but I never read it before…and really wasn’t aware that anyone but me read that book. Here’s an excerpt.
Overall, this is an enjoyable and fascinating read. Select essays would be particularly effective for undergraduates being introduced to colonial theory, feminist theory, and popular culture. Some essays may lack the critical foundation for more advanced academic researchers, but they offer detailed readings in historical context. Berlatsky’s essays cover both British and U.S. historical imperialist actions and their sometimes obvious, sometimes subtle, inscriptions in fiction and film. However, despite the historical underpinnings, the book does speak to fantasy. Even when he is writing about a non-fantastic visual text (Rambo, Full Metal Jacket [1987]), Berlatsky identifies the colonialist, time-travel fantasy that allows film makers and audiences to replay, recast, and rewrite historical events. The science fiction and horror texts he discusses exemplify the public’s desire and the authors’ impulse to continue colonizing (even if they have to do it in the center of the earth or outside the galaxy).
Yet Another Heart of Darkness is available here.
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And! My poetry collection Not Akhmatova (Ben Yehuda Press) is now available on a whole range of ebook platforms. Those include:
So if you’ve been waiting to buy it until it shows up at your favorite retailer…this is the moment!