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Literary Readings in the Time of Corona


Announcing Salon Sangria!

In one week, the Gothic Funk Press will launch its brand new literary reading series Salon Sangria.  The series will stream online via Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/gothicfunkpress) and YouTube (http://tinyurl.com/gothicfunkpressyoutube).

Please join us on July 30, 2020, 8 PM EDT, to mix a refreshing libation with expert guidance from our guest bartender Irène Sharon Hodes, and hear readings from Bob Campbell, Sarah-Jean Krahn, and Reinhardt Suarez. 
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Reflections on Benjamin Franklin, 2012: Franklin, the Romantic?

Benjamin Franklin’s 306th birthday was yesterday, January 17th.

I’m not an expert on the subject, but, as Walter Isaacson’s essay “What Would Ben Do?” notes, “[Franklin] has been vilified in romantic periods.” The question is how do we separate the spirit and content of romanticism from the momentary tropes of the/any “romantic period.”… Read the rest

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So… About That Gothic Blog…

The painting is L’ombre de Samuel apparaissant à Saül chez la pythonisse d’Endor by 17th-century painter Salvator Rosa. Rosa inspired dozens of English novelists of the macabre. They, in turn, influenced new generations of Gothicists on both sides of the Atlantic, and the influence wore on through to the early 20th-century avant-garde, to hardboiled detective fiction and noir, to rock and electronic music, and, of course, to Goths.… Read the rest

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