Capitol (Cephalophore #3) considers the anality of power and violence, most potently embodied in state and religious architecture from the ancient world to the present. This issue also addresses renewed public fascination with the atomic bomb—the most awesome and terrifying symbol of state power—which, amid escalating regional conflicts and rising tensions between nuclear-armed states, has captured the popular imagination with an intensity not seen since the Cold War.
Capitol is the largest Cephalophore publication to date, at over 380 pages, with contributions by Ramsey Alderson, Shane Allison, Ron Athey, Jeremy Biles, Xopher Besinger, Robin Boddie, Poy Born, Elijah Burgher, Augusto Cascales (aka Angelo Kink), Craig Calhoun, GALACTAGOGUE, Jamie Giles, Sam Glover, alek green, Matthew Kinlin & Misha Honcharenko, David Anaya Maya, Paul Morris of Treasure Island Media, Lee Pearson, Michael Peirson, and Rebecca Walz + Ryan Pfeiffer. We’re also excited to include, alongside the work of our contributors, Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Sphinx”, and Georges Bataille’s seminal essay “Obelisk.” -Publisher
