In this special episode, hosts Medaya Ocher, Kate Wolf, and Eric Newman discuss the “crisis” du jour in American publishing: the erosion of male literary stars and their readers across the landscape of contemporary fiction.
Matthew Cobb reports from the Spirit of Asilomar, an event celebrating the 50th anniversary of the legendary biotechnology conference.
Alan Barenberg considers Michael David-Fox’s “Crucibles of Power: Smolensk Under Stalinist and Nazi Rule.”
Zach Gibson revisits Michel Serres’s “Hermes” series by way of Randolph Burks’s new translation.
Patricio Ferrari interviews award-winning poet Victoria Chang on the occasion of her Limelight Poetry reading at the New York Public Library.
Anne Stevenson-Yang reviews Robert L. Suettinger’s “The Conscience of the Party” and Joseph Torigian’s “The Party’s Interests Come First.”
Gavriel D. Rosenfeld reviews Alec Ryrie’s “The Age of Hitler and How We Will Survive It.”
Josh Billings reviews German author Michael Lentz’s novel “Schattenfroh,” newly translated by Max Lawton.
Faith Siegel revisits Jon K. Lauck’s 2019 review of Midwestern literature, calling for increased literary exposure for the American heartland.
David Schurman Wallace reviews Natalie Shapero’s new collection “Stay Dead.”
David Palumbo-Liu considers Linda Quiquivix’s “Palestine 1492: A Report Back.”
Katie Tobin reviews Hungarian author Ágota Kristóf’s story collection “I Don’t Care,” newly translated by Chris Andrews.
Adam Sobsey talks with Nell Zink and explores her new novel “Sister Europe.”
Jordan Osserman reads two recent queer theory books exploring the form and chemistry of sex.
Kristen Felicetti considers Colette Shade’s “Y2K: How the 2000s Became Everything.”
Julie Sedivy reviews Michael Erard’s “Bye Bye I Love You: The Story of Our First and Last Words.”
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