Commentaries – Page 2 – Berkeley Fiction Review

Queerness and the American Family: A Meditation on Silence

I always thought my family read more like a novel than a television series. We demanded…
Fixing the Performative Male Reading List

There’s nothing wrong with men reading; to villainize such an action plants the idea that men…
The Celebrity Memoir

The celebrity memoir is somewhat of a cannibalized genre. There is usually either an existing audience…
I Don’t Care for Character-Driven Stories Anymore, and You Shouldn’t Either

Forgotten are the rich textures of the threads and patterns that compose a tapestry of tales…
Fandom and Fascism

Fandom is no longer niche. What started as a madhouse of creativity, chaos, and community has evolved…
This is not for u/[redacted]: The uncritical reception of House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

Contrary to proponents of the antagonism claim, I did not find House of Leaves to be…
Reimagining Gothic Literature: Sex, Shame, and Society in Nosferatu (2024)

Film’s treatment of the vampire and gothic horror tradition over the decades is a cultural benchmark…
The End is Nigh: Literary Perspectives on the Apocalypse

“Crisis!” “Chaos!” “Outbreak!” “Disaster!” These words pop out of headlines every time I open the news…
My Brilliant Ferrante: A Retrospective on Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Quartet

In July of last year, the New York Times ranked Elena Ferrante’s 2011 novel, My Brilliant…
Lending and Learning: The Revolution of the Library

While I never took the library’s resources for granted, it took learning more about overlapping library-affiliated…