Toby Barlow

10 Works of Literary Fantasy to Jump Start Your Imagination

Tomorrow marks the release of an exciting new addition to the modern fabulist genre — Texas-based author Manuel Gonzales’s debut collection, The Miniature Wife. We’re always excited about anything cross-genre, in part because it feels essential, somehow more real than sticking to a single effect, and we’re particular fans of the realist/fantasist dichotomy in fiction. After all, that’s sort of the way we experience the world — half magic, half trying to find socks that match. After the jump, we’ve collected 10 works of modern literary fantasy that will have you seeing those socks in a whole new light — or maybe just seeing the ghost rabbit next to them. … Read More

Into the Open, or We're Moving to Cleveland!


Want to feel good about architecture again? Forget the glam-palace condos blocking your view. Forget the brilliant but over-budget towers stunted by “the economy.” Forget everything you think architecture is and can be, and go see Into the Open: Positioning Practice, up now at Parsons. Go. Now. … Read More