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Like a Cage: On Brian Tierney’s “Rise and Float”
Noah Warren considers “Rise and Float” by Brian Tierney.
Noah WarrenMar 3, 2022
- Poetry
The Ghosts of Patriarchy
Edith Wharton’s ghost stories show that there is nothing scarier than life (and death) under patriarchy.
Nora ShaalanMar 3, 2022
- Fiction
“A Servant to Order and Erotic Love”: On Richie Hofmann’s “A Hundred Lovers”
Will Brewbaker goes through “A Hundred Lovers” by Richie Hofmann.
Will BrewbakerMar 2, 2022
- Poetry
First Days of War: A Report from Bucha, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
A Belarusian writer records daily life in the first days of the Ukrainian war.
Siarhiej PryluckiMar 2, 2022
Three Recent Books about Trans Latinx Lives
Animating trans Latinx narratives and histories calls for a speculative mode.
Marcos GonsalezMar 2, 2022
- Gender & Sexuality
Reading “The Books of Jacob” with — and Against — the Riverhead Reader’s Guide: A Reader’s Guide
Marek Makowski wends his way through Jennifer Croft’s translation of “The Books of Jacob,” a novel by Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk.
Marek MakowskiMar 1, 2022
- Fiction
A Private Gentleman: On “The Trials of Harry S. Truman”
Widely despised at the end of his presidency, Harry Truman’s reputation has grown since.
Henry DykstalMar 1, 2022
- Biography & Autobiography
The Fifth Day of the War
A Russian author faces the war in Ukraine.
Maxim OsipovFeb 28, 2022
“Am I Like Ulysses?”: On José Vergara’s “All Future Plunges to the Past: James Joyce in Russian Literature”
Nataliya Karageorgos reviews José Vergara's "All Future Plunges to the Past," a new book about James Joyce's influence on Russian literature.
Nataliya KarageorgosFeb 28, 2022
- Literary Criticism
Unreliable Witness: On Fiona Snyckers’s “Lacuna”
An aggressive revisionist take on J. M. Coetzee’s classic novel “Disgrace.”
Steven G. KellmanFeb 28, 2022
- Fiction
Histories of Violence: Writing Tragedy as an Art Form
Brad Evans speaks with Carol Becker. A conversation in Brad Evans’s “Histories of Violence” series.
Brad EvansFeb 28, 2022
- Histories of Violence
A Circle of Love: Remembering Abbey Lincoln in “Nothing But a Man” (1964)
Matthew Eng recalls Abbey Lincoln’s intertwining legacies as singer, actress, and Black radical.
Matthew EngFeb 27, 2022
- Film
“Bleed — My Heart — Bleed”: Ukrainian Poems of War by Boris Khersonsky, Iya Kiva, and Vasyl Makhno
Martha M. F. Kelly, Katherine E. Young, and Olena Jennings translate three poems of war in Ukraine.
Boris Khersonsky, Iya Kiva, Vasyl MakhnoFeb 27, 2022
Z.E.L.
A story of the Dodgers' big move in 1958.
Jay NeugeborenFeb 27, 2022
Alive with Potent Energy: The Work of Sylvia Snowden
An engaging exhibition of the artist’s vivid canvases was mounted late last year in Los Angeles.
Johanna Drucker Feb 27, 2022
- Art & Architecture
The Delight and the Horror: A Conversation with Heather Havrilesky
Suzanne Van Atten speaks with Heather Havrilesky about her forthcoming book, “Foreverland: On the Divine Tedium of Marriage,” about mostly happy marriages.
Suzanne Van AttenFeb 26, 2022
- Memoir & Essay