Apocalypse Always: On Matthew Wolf-Meyer’s “Theory for the World to Come”
Sean Guynes evaluates “Theory for the World to Come,” the recently published book from Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer.
Sean Guynes is a writer, critic, and editor who lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He is co-editor of the Palgrave SFF: A New Canon book series, two journal special issues, and several books, including Uneven Futures: Lessons for Community Survival from Speculative Fiction (The MIT Press, forthcoming); and editor of SFRA Review. His shorter writing has appeared in public and academic venues, including Los Angeles Review of Books, Strange Horizons, Tor.com, American Quarterly, World Literature Today, Utopian Studies, American Book Review, and PopMatters.
Sean Guynes evaluates “Theory for the World to Come,” the recently published book from Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer.
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