By AULA faculty member Alistair McCartney.

Antioch B.A. faculty member Alistair McCartney's new book "The End of the World Book" was recently reviewd by the Los Angeles Times. This is no ordinary novel. An encyclopedia of memory—from A to Z—The End of the World Book deftly intertwines fiction, memoir, and cultural history, reimagining the story of the world and one man’s life as they both hurtle toward a frightening future. Alistair McCartney’s alphabetical guide to the apocalypse layers images like a prose poem, building from Aristotle to da Vinci, hip-hop to lederhosen, plagues to zippers, while barreling from antiquity to the present.
In this profound book about mortality, McCartney composes an irreverent archive of philosophical obsessions and homoerotic fixations, demonstrating the difficulty of separating what is real from what is imagined.

The End of the World Book (University of Wisconsin Press, April 08) is now officially out. Alistair will be doing two readings in Los Angeles in April/May. Details will be posted on the Antioch University Los Angeles website.

Read the full Los Angeles Times Review