Nancy Hightower » Frieze Art Fair

Have Summer, Will Travel

nancy_admin — Fri, 04 May 2012 14:12:36 +0000

The semester just ended this year, and now I am in New York City to attend the Frieze Art Fair, see Cynthia Von Buhler’s wonderful Speakeasy Dollhouse immersive theatre extravaganza, and catch as many art shows and literary readings as I can fit in 10 days. Will try to update blog with lovely pics and such but in the meantime, my latest article is up at Weird Fiction Review: “Wonders and Blunders”: The Transgressive Fantastic in Mark Hosford’s Art and my short story, “The Four Horsemen,” is live at Danse Macabre.

Reviews and News

nancy_admin — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:17:01 +0000

If you’ve not read a good novel lately that takes you out of this hectic, frenetic, zombie-induced existence, then it’s time to order Maria Dahvana Headley’s Queen of Kings. Go read my review over at Fantasy Matters to hear more about this glorious story that I greedily gobbled up within a few days. And while you’re over at Amazon, do take a quick a peek at the newest issues of Bourbon Penn and Prick of the Spindle (Kindle version), which contain my stories “Merea” and “Evangelical Wonderland.”

Cover Art, Nervous Breakdown, by Julia Martínez Diana

Next week I’ll have a new article in Weird Fiction Review about the ghoulish and grotesque art work of Mark Hosford, and my short story “The Four Horsemen” will be reprinted in Danse Macabre, so check back. And the semester will finally, finally, be done (congrats to all my seniors who are graduating! You did it, my lovelies). Immediately after my last class I’ll be taking the red eye to NYC for the Frieze Art Fair, which starts May 4th; there will be tweets and pics and follow up posts, I’m sure. But most of all, there will be dancing, my friends.

Uncanny Carnivals, Jonas Burgert, and the Weight of the World

nancy_admin — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:55:58 +0000

It is past mid April, a time when fatigue strikes all academics and writers–grades and manuscript deadlines loom ahead like some impossible chasm to cross. We hope we’ll make it, but often at the cost of sleep, healthy eating, and social connections.

Given that, it’s only appropriate for me to introduce you to the stunning work of Jonas Burgert over at Weird Fiction Review. Intoxicating, lurid colors will bring viewers into a strange dreamscape that chronicles the exhilaration and isolation so many of us experience in this post-modern society. Paradoxically, these surreal conglomerations of pseudo-zombies, children, and monsters also create a desire for deeper community, a reconnection to the self and Other. My friend Creston Davis talks more about how to survive this “weight of the world” over at his blog. Go have a read.

Other news: My short story, “The Four Horsemen” will be reprinted in Danse Macabre for their May issue! I originally wrote and published the story with Plus Gallery here in Denver for their “Apocalypse? How!” show in January. I love and am devoted to this beautiful, wondrous intersection of word and image. To that end, I’ll be going back to NYC in early May to attend the Frieze Art Fair. If you are in the city between the 4th and the 16, let’s get coffee!