Archive

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  The Wrath of the Gods: Surviving the Pandemic with Petronius, Fitzgerald, and Eliot

  The "Satyricon" shaped two of the most important texts of the 20th century — and the Petronian "anti-epic" is still funny, even during Covid.

  Ted ScheinmanDec 9, 2021

  • Fiction

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  Songs of Their Selves: On Lucille Clifton’s “Generations”

  Maddie Crum considers “Generations” by Lucille Clifton.

  Madeleine CrumDec 8, 2021

  • Memoir & Essay

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  Seeing Vienna: Poems Inspired by Christine de Grancy’s Photographs

  Tess Lewis presents her translations of Maja Haderlap’s poetic cycle “Seeing Vienna,” inspired by the photographs of Christine de Grancy.

  Maja Haderlap, Tess LewisDec 8, 2021
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  This Good Magic: A Conversation Between Poets Ashanti Anderson and I. S. Jones

  Ashanti Anderson in conversation with I. S. Jones about their new chapbooks.

  Ashanti Anderson, I. S. JonesDec 8, 2021

  • Poetry

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  Learning in Being Lonely: On Jay Caspian Kang’s “The Loneliest Americans”

  Summer Kim Lee reviews “The Loneliest Americans,” the new book by Jay Caspian Kang.

  Summer Kim LeeDec 7, 2021

  • Cultural Studies

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  Donna Tartt’s “The Secret History” as Revenge Fantasy

  Brooke Clark situates Donna Tartt’s first novel, “The Secret History,” in the long, august history of burn books.

  Brooke ClarkDec 7, 2021
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  The Challenge of Baudelaire at 200

  Aaron Poochigian confronts the political and technical challenges of translating “The Flowers of Evil” by Charles Baudelaire.

  Aaron PoochigianDec 7, 2021

  • Poetry

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  The Vital Dance Between Culture and Ecology: A Conversation with Thomas Woltz

  Robert Pogue Harrison speaks to Thomas Woltz, one of the nation’s leading landscape architects.

  Dec 6, 2021
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  (Un)certainty and Assumptions of the Archive: On Monica Huerta’s “Magical Habits”

  Reading Monica Huerta’s “Magical Habits,” Rosa Boshier wonders how to live a life alongside scholarship.

  Rosa Boshier GonzálezDec 6, 2021

  • Memoir & Essay

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  Provable Connections: On Amanda Jayatissa’s “My Sweet Girl”

  Rachel Jackson reviews Amanda Jayatissa’s new novel, “My Sweet Girl.”

  Rachel JacksonDec 6, 2021

  • Noir

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  Semipublic Intellectual Sessions: “What Comes After CRISPR?”

  A transcript of the panel discussion “What Comes After CRISPR?” – a satellite event of the Semipublic Intellectual Sessions, which took place on November 5.

  Amy Webb, Eben Kirksey, Hank Greely, John Dupré, Julien Crockett, Kevin DaviesDec 6, 2021

  • Science & Technology

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  Beautiful Lies: The Art of the Deep Fake

  Nicholas Carr shows how Jonas Bendiksen’s beautiful photographs “open a door onto a weird and unsettling future.”

  Nicholas CarrDec 6, 2021

  • Science & Technology

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  Trespassing Borders: On Hamaguchi Ryūsuke’s “Drive My Car”

  Eugene Kwon examines how Hamaguchi Ryusuke thematizes traitorous adaptation in “Drive My Car,” a film reimagining of the short story by Murakami Haruki.

  Eugene KwonDec 5, 2021

  • Film

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  Toward a Non-Dogmatic Pedagogy: On Susan D. Blum’s “Ungrading”

  A collaborative polemic against rating-obsessed structures that inhibit good teaching and real learning.

  Ryan BoydDec 5, 2021

  • Education

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  A State of Unwholesome Fermentation: On William J. Bernstein’s “The Delusions of Crowds”

  A neurological and historical comparison of mass panics and euphorias.

  Tom ZoellnerDec 5, 2021

  • Politics

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  How to Make It in Seoul: Sang Young Park's Novel of Gay Almost-Romance Love in the Big City

  Colin Marshall explores the difficulties of queer romance in Seoul in Sang Young Park's Novel "Love in the Big City."

  Colin MarshallDec 5, 2021