Kirsten Bakis

Nov 26, 2024 | publicdomainreview.org | Joshua Buhs |Kirsten Bakis |Colin Dickey

Rains of blood and frogs, mysterious disappearances, baffling objects in the sky: these were the anomalies that fascinated Charles Fort in his Book of the Damned. “For every five people who read this book“, wrote one reviewer, “four will go insane”. Joshua Blu Buhs recounts Fort’s early life, unfinished manuscripts (“X”, “Y”), and the philosophical monism that informed his research. Scroll through the whole page to download all images before printing.

Feb 27, 2024 | nytimes.com | Kirsten Bakis

What to Read Find Your Next Book February Releases Critics' Reviews Editors' Choice 100 Notable Books What to Read Find Your Next Book February Releases Critics' Reviews Editors' Choice 100 Notable Books Decades after "Lives of the Monster Dogs" comes "King Nyx," where the wife of a paranormal researcher explores why girls have gone missing from a remote island.

Feb 21, 2024 | lithub.com | Kirsten Bakis

“This woman cannot think, she feels.” An observation made in passing by Theodore Dreiser about the wife of a friend, Charles Fort; a casual summing-up by the famous novelist of a woman he considered of little importance. I was reading about Fort—an unusual cult figure from the early twentieth century whose books have inspired countless UFO chasers, conspiracy theorists, and lovers of the unexplained ever since—because I thought he might be a character in the novel I was writing.

Feb 21, 2024 | lithub.com | Kirsten Bakis

“This woman cannot think, she feels.” An observation made in passing by Theodore Dreiser about the wife of a friend, Charles Fort; a casual summing-up by the famous novelist of a woman he considered of little importance. I was reading about Fort—an unusual cult figure from the early twentieth century whose books have inspired countless UFO chasers, conspiracy theorists, and lovers of the unexplained ever since—because I thought he might be a character in the novel I was writing.

Nov 4, 2023 | kirkusreviews.com | Kirsten Bakis |Barbara Kingsolver |Richard Wright

A smart and engaging literary thriller that bears down too hard on its themes. At the home of an eccentric millionaire, a woman discovers out-of-the-ordinary events. When her husband is invited to finish writing his book at the island home of a reclusive millionaire, Anna is relieved: If he sells it, they’ll be able to keep their Bronx apartment and she won’t have to go back to work at the laundry.