Archive

Music with Teeth
Madeleine ConnorsOct 19, 2023
Lynne Thompson on the Role of Poetry in Democracies
Oct 19, 2023
Mr. Bellow’s Planets: A Conversation with Zachary Leader
George Stanica speaks with Zachary Leader, the biographer of novelist Saul Bellow.
George StanicaOct 18, 2023
- Biography & Autobiography
- Fiction
The Assembly of Odd: On Rhoda Huffey’s “31 Paradiso”
Greg Bills reviews Rhoda Huffey’s new novel “31 Paradiso.”
Greg BillsOct 18, 2023
- Fiction
Reviewing from Such Great Heights
A. J. UrquidiOct 18, 2023
Prohibition and Hope: The Politics of Jhumpa Lahiri’s Writings
Rani Neutill explores the ways Jhumpa Lahiri’s fiction engages with the legacies of colonialism and the pressures of assimilationism.
Rani NeutillOct 17, 2023
- Fiction
Who Gets to Set the Research Agenda for the Planet? On Lorraine Daston’s “Rivals”
Deborah Coen pushes back against one part of Lorraine Daston’s “Rivals: How Scientists Learned to Cooperate” by arguing that what constitutes “success” is a matter of who is part of the scientific conversation (and who is not)—and thus a matter of standpoint.
Deborah R. CoenOct 17, 2023
“Alt lit is alive and well”
A. J. BrownOct 17, 2023
Turkey’s Feminist Autofictionalist: On Tezer Özlü’s “Cold Nights of Childhood”
Kaya Genç reviews Turkish author Tezer Özlü’s newly translated novel “Cold Nights of Childhood.”
Kaya GençOct 16, 2023
- Fiction
Protomodernist Love Triangle: On Carolyn Dever’s “Chains of Love and Beauty”
Evangeline Riddiford Graham reviews Carolyn Dever’s “Chains of Love and Beauty: The Diary of Michael Field.”
Evangeline Riddiford GrahamOct 16, 2023
- Gender & Sexuality
- Poetry
As Dark as It Can Be
Paul ThompsonOct 16, 2023
The Hollywood Strikes: How Storytelling Won the Day for Writers
Alessandro Camon discusses the role storytelling played in the success of the WGA/SAG-AFTRA strike in Hollywood.
Alessandro CamonOct 15, 2023
Where Sables Roam: On Vladimir Arsenyev’s “Dersu Uzala” Trilogy
Noah Sparkes writes about Valdimir Arsenyev’s “Dersu Uzala” trilogy.
Noah SparkesOct 15, 2023
- History
Take Me to Church
Martin HarriesOct 15, 2023
An Intimate Record of a Love: On David Wojnarowicz’s “Dear Jean Pierre”
Conor Williams reviews the new collection of David Wojnarowicz’s correspondence, “Dear Jean Pierre.”
Conor WilliamsOct 14, 2023
- Art & Architecture
I Haven’t Got a Life at the Moment: On Rosemary Tonks’s “The Halt During the Chase”
Leo Lasdun reviews the new reissue of Rosemary Tonks’s 1972 novel “The Halt During the Chase.”
Leo LasdunOct 14, 2023
- Fiction