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Cancellation of the Gods
It should be easy to ignore Wagner because of his antisemitic legacy. But it’s not that simple.
Archive
Authorship as Chaplaincy: An Interview with Chenxing Han, Author of Be the Refuge
With the rise of anti-Asian American violence in the United States, Ana Mina talks with Chenxing Han about Buddhist practice and her book "Be the Refuge."
“For the Motherla-a”: On Maria Bloshteyn’s “Russia is Burning” and Konstanin Simonov’s “Wait for Me”
Amelia Glaser explores the Soviet poetic legacy of World War II though Maria Bloshteyn’s “Russia is Burning” and Konstantin Simonov’s selected poems, “Wait for Me.”
Fascinated by Synchronicities: A Conversation through Tarot with Elissa Washuta
A conversation, in the form of a tarot reading, with Elissa Washuta, author of the essay collection “White Magic.”
The Knotty Problem of Race in Three New German Novels
Debut novels by Sharon Dodua Otoo, Mithu Sanyal, and Hengameh Yaghoobifarah explore the problematic terrain of race in German literary culture.
When "I" Becomes "We": The Techno-Mythological Imagination of Kim Bo-young's I'm Waiting for You
For this week's Korea Blog, Colin Marshall reads Kim Bo-young's "I'm Waiting for You."
My Father, Cultural Appropriator
Sarah Curtis traces history through music and her father’s work.
The Hazards of Immersive Journalism: A Conversation with Sonia Faleiro
An acclaimed Indian author of narrative nonfiction discusses the challenges and ethics of her craft.
How to Be a Medieval Woman: On Mary Sharratt’s “Revelations”
Mary Sharratt’s historical novel about Margery Kempe is engaging but marred by anachronism.
My Own Desert Places: On “The Letters of Robert Frost, Volume 3: 1929–1936”
Gregory Dowling reads the third volume of the collected letters of Robert Frost.
Prisoners of the Page: On Myron Brinig’s “The Flutter of an Eyelid”
Woody Haut wanders into the apocalyptic world of “The Flutter of an Eyelid,” a satirical novel by Myron Brinig from 1933, republished last year.
Dark Night Rises: Ed Simon’s Alternative History of Pittsburgh
Phillip Maciak reviews Ed Simon's An Alternative History of Pittsburgh, a panoramic narrative of the city from Belt Publishing
Creating a Literary Culture: A Short, Selective, and Incomplete History of LGBT Publishing, Part I
Michael Nava walks through the history of gay and lesbian publishing, from 1940 to 1980, in this first installment of a three-part series for the L.A. Review of Books.
Metabolizing the Future
In a country ruined by World War, a generation of Japanese visionaries in literature and architecture imagined ways to survive global apocalypse.
Writing Sex: Jenn Shapland
Writing Sex: Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
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