Archive

The Fire This Time: On 9/11 in the Long Term
Reza AslanJan 9, 2012
Being Boring
The novel — what we have of it anyway — challenges us to pay attention with a selflessness that allows the world to "blaze in an almost sacred way."
Cornel BoncaJan 8, 2012
- Fiction
- Literary Fiction
Antielitism Left and Right: An Interview with Catherine Liu
"Elitist" is used as an all-purpose insult by both the culturally reactionary and the culturally progressive.
Jan 8, 2012
Discoveries: Jane Smiley
Susan Salter ReynoldsJan 7, 2012
- Biography & Autobiography
Mentors: Steven Corbin
A reminiscence of his mentor, writing instructor, and friend.
Mark SarvasJan 7, 2012
Discoveries: John Jeremiah Sullivan
Susan Salter ReynoldsJan 7, 2012
- Memoir & Essay
- Nonfiction
Discoveries: Edna O'Brien
Susan Salter ReynoldsJan 7, 2012
- Biography & Autobiography
Transactions Along the Mississippi Delta
On literary sociality and the romance between William Faulkner and Joan Williams.
Glen David GoldJan 6, 2012
Mentors: James Baldwin
He missed the first class. In fact, he missed the first three.
Matthew SpecktorJan 6, 2012
Mentors: Siddhartha Deb
While a student of his I often felt the tectonic plates of my own opinions and tightly-held ideas loosen or shift.
Morten Høi JensenJan 5, 2012
Mentors: Stanley Cavell
I was inchoate and jelly-like in graduate school (kind of like a slime mold), but Cavell was kind to me anyway.
Sianne NgaiJan 5, 2012
The Writers that Shadow Us
On the ghost of Graham Greene.
Jan 4, 2012
Mentors: Marianne Moore
"One may be pardoned, yes I know / One may, for love undying."
Jeffrey KindleyJan 3, 2012
Muddy Waters and Mozart: Remembering Townes Van Zandt
Like his hero Hank Williams, Townes was a mean drunk, but with a selfless, compassionate streak.
Aretha SillsJan 1, 2012
Misha Glouberman and Sheila Heti
Jan 1, 2012
Notes on Theatre
We cannot know what we are doing. We can only know when we are doing it wrong.
John StepplingDec 31, 2011