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The Art of Temporal Resistance
Karla Kelsey inspects the interrelation of ecology and time in Cole Swensen's "Art in Time."
Karla KelseyJul 28, 2021
Can Literature Teach Us How to Die?: A Conversation Between Ilan Stavans and Priyanka Champaneri
What can literature teach us about our inevitable trip to “the undiscovered country”?
Ilan Stavans, Priyanka ChampaneriJul 27, 2021
- Fiction
By Morning Light: On Mark Jarman’s “Dailiness: Essays on Poetry”
Peggy Ellsberg finds transformative wisdom in Mark Jarman’s “Dailiness: Essays on Poetry.”
Peggy EllsbergJul 27, 2021
Community as Protagonist: Talking with Virginie Despentes
In Virginie Despentes’s Vernon Subutext Trilogy, the hero is the posse.
Nina HerzogJul 27, 2021
- Fiction
Trying to Photograph a Hummingbird: Essays upon Essays
A new collection of methodical studies of a highly unmethodical form.
Robert MintoJul 27, 2021
- Memoir & Essay
Uneasy Temporariness: Rosecrans Baldwin’s Los Angeles
“Everything Now” captures Los Angeles’s fundamental ambiguity, its magnetic swirl of beauty and darkness.
Casey SchwartzJul 26, 2021
- Nonfiction
The Politics of Humane Violence
Modern warfare turns civilians into human shields.
Craig JonesJul 26, 2021
- Politics
“He Soars So Incredibly High”: A Conversation about Robert Walser with Susan Bernofsky
Veronica Esposito speaks to Susan Bernofsky, author of the long-awaited biography of Robert Walser, “Clairvoyant of the Small.”
Veronica EspositoJul 26, 2021
- Biography & Autobiography
Water Thirsting for Itself: Joanna Chen in Conversation with Natalya Sukhonos
Joanna Chen talks with Natalya Sukhonos about memory and noise in her latest poetry collection "A Stranger Home."
Joanna ChenJul 26, 2021
Octavia Butler and the Pimply, Pompous Publisher
How my 14-year-old self commissioned sci-fi writer Octavia Butler in 1979 to write an essay that still resonates today: “Lost Races of Science Fiction.”
Miguel EstebanJul 25, 2021
- SF
The Fallacies of “Progress”: On Leonard Greenspoon’s “Jewish Bible Translations”
The “literal meaning” of a sacred text does not exist separate from rabbinic opinion.
Atar HadariJul 25, 2021
- Religion
Our World, Our People: Nationalism and Sovereign Power in “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier”
Despite its promising beginning, “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” deserted its noble ambitions as the story moved forward.
Justice HaganJul 25, 2021
- SF
Of Kierkegaard and Climate Change
Rachel Howard recounts a harrowing experience brought on by the worsening climate crisis.
Rachel HowardJul 25, 2021
If It Isn’t Broken: A Conversation with Justine Bateman
Justine Bateman discusses her new book, “Face,” which examines the lengths many women go to in order to “fix” their aging faces.
Francesca BellJul 24, 2021
- Cultural Studies
Feral Monstrosity: On Rivers Solomon’s “Sorrowland”
Christina Orlando reviews "Sorrowland," the latest novel from Rivers Solomon.
Christina OrlandoJul 24, 2021
- SF
The Ecstasies of Arthur Machen
Arthur Machen sensed a deeper reality stirring underneath the superficial surfaces of suburban London.
Scott BradfieldJul 24, 2021
- SF