Email Author Eli Epstein-Deutsch

2009 Stories by Eli Epstein-Deutsch

• The Mechanical Fails to Pull Off a Checkmate

  published May 6, 2009

  Probably the most notorious hoax of the automaton-obsessed Age of Enlightenment, “The Turk” was a dark-skinned mannequin... More >>

• Cyberducks Well-Incubated at the Ontological

  published May 6, 2009

  Flannel, bodices, huge cell phones, and pick-axes are the rage in Clementine and the Cyber Ducks, a jaunty steampunk mashup... More >>

• You Will Experience Silence Nearly Encompasses 3,000 Years of Jewish Baggage

  published April 22, 2009

  "No one is smart enough to be a Jew," complains Ian Fleishman, the neurotic teen hero of Dan Fishback's You Will Experience Silence.... More >>

• Is Can Xue the Bruno Schultz of Modern China?

  published April 22, 2009

  There’s an old Chinese fable that goes like this: A weapons vendor at market touts his unbelievable spear (mao)—it... More >>

• You Will Experience Silence—Sassier Than Angels in America

  published April 15, 2009

  “No one is smart enough to be a Jew,” complains Ian Fleishman, the neurotic teen hero of Dan Fishback’s You Will... More >>

• Blowjob From Dachshund Not Enough in Love Drunk

  published April 8, 2009

  In his hangdog way, Austin Pendleton can do creepy. As Coroner George Griscom, in the TV-series Homicide: Life on the Street,... More >>

• A Pleasing Secret History: Andrei Codrescu's Posthuman Dada Guide

  published April 1, 2009

  Dada: An absurdist art movement declaring itself against rationality, tradition, and—above all—Dada. Catholic mystic Hugo... More >>

• Jonathan Lethem and L.J. Davis Bring Back A Meaningful Life

  published April 1, 2009

  If the Masters of the Obvious over at stuffwhitepeoplelike.com were actually on their game,... More >>

• Thirst Does Ol’ Sam Coleridge No Favors

  published March 25, 2009

  First Light Theater Company’s Thirst: A Spell for Christabel—a dark fairy tale about a pubescent girl living alone... More >>

• The Lonely Soldier Monologues

  published March 18, 2009

  "Dyke, bitch, or ho": They're all you can be (if you're a woman in the Army). At least, that's how a character in The Lonely Soldier... More >>

• Jean Cocteau's Indiscretions Celebrates Terrible Parents

  published March 4, 2009

  Overbearing mother. Coddled son. Buffoonish father. Frustrated old maid. Middle-class hypocrisy. Star-crossed love affair. Harmless... More >>

• The Chocolate Factory Serves Up Multimedia Pasta with redevelop (death valley)

  published February 25, 2009

  An experimental multimedia performance piece is something you sometimes have to take on its own terms, but Brian Rogers’s redevelop... More >>

• Cabinet Magazine Hopes Its New Home Catches Fire

  published February 25, 2009

  It seems apt that Cabinet magazine, now into its tenth year, finally has its own events space. The Brooklyn quarterly of arts... More >>

• William Faulkner Enters the Collapsable Hole Garage in Chuck.Chuck.Chuck.

  published February 18, 2009

  Samuel Beckett once wrote: "I don't like gloom to lighten, there is something shady about it." He wouldn't be disappointed with... More >>

• A Japanese Hamlet Steps into La MaMa

  published February 4, 2009

  It’s well known that the Japanese can do horror. See, for instance, the widely imitated “J-horror” cinema; the lurid brand of... More >>

• Shadow of Himself Revamps Gilgamesh With the F-Bomb

  published January 28, 2009

  Rabbit Hole Ensemble and Obie Award–winning playwright Neal Bell prove a potent combination in Shadow of Himself, a new... More >>