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The Bequest of Enlightenment: An Interview with Robert Wood
Amy Lin talks with Robert Wood about growing up in Redgate, in the Southwest of Western Australia, and its impact on his literary life.
Amy LinAug 17, 2020
The Politics of Rediscovery
By always relegating work by women artists to the zone of the neglected or forgotten, we risk only understanding them in this way.
Katie da Cunha LewinAug 17, 2020
Alice Duer Miller’s Evergreen Question in “Are Women People?”
Kathleen Rooney considers “Are Women People?” by Alice Duer Miller.
Kathleen RooneyAug 17, 2020
- Poetry
- Politics
The Last of the Hedgehogs
A collection of scintillating interviews with a celebrated French cultural theorist.
Chris FlemingAug 16, 2020
- Literary Criticism
- Philosophy & Religion
Like Standing Stones: On Vona Groarke’s “Double Negative”
Declan Ryan offers a positive take on “Double Negative,” the latest collection of poems by Vona Groarke.
Declan RyanAug 16, 2020
- Poetry
Like Flies to Honey: On Eric H. Cline’s “Digging Up Armageddon: The Search for the Lost City of Solomon”
Lydia Pyne reviews Eric H. Cline’s recent book, "Digging Up Armageddon: The Search for the Lost City of Solomon
Lydia PyneAug 16, 2020
- History
- Science & Technology
The First Comprehensive Introduction to "K-Lit" Past and Present: Youngmin Kwon and Bruce Fulton's What Is Korean Literature?
Colin Marshall delves into the development of Korean literature as a genre, through Youngmin Kwon and Bruce Fulton's "What Is Korean Literature?"
Colin MarshallAug 16, 2020
The Jordan Rules, Recycled
ESPN’s documentary “The Last Dance” is an “untold story” we’ve all heard a million times.
Hal SundtAug 15, 2020
Double Lives: On Louise Brooks’s “Thirteen Women in Films”
Maya Cantu puts actress Louise Brooks’s unpublished manuscript “Thirteen Women in Films” in conversation with the recent documentary “Silent and Forgotten.”
Maya CantuAug 15, 2020
An Experimental Biography: John Schad’s “Paris Bride: A Modernist Life”
Is John Schad’s family archive as fictitious as, say, Clarissa Dalloway? And does it matter?
Gerri KimberAug 15, 2020
- Biography & Autobiography
- Literary Criticism
The Enigma of Gloom: On George Scialabba’s “How To Be Depressed”
Gerald Russello looks into “How To Be Depressed,” the new book from George Scialabba.
Gerald RusselloAug 14, 2020
- Memoir & Essay
Rapt Rereadings
Viv Groskop’s new book is a passionate love letter to the classics of French literature.
Bob BlaisdellAug 14, 2020
Expanding Interdependence: Talking to Jeffrey D. Sachs
Andy Fitch talks with Jeffrey D. Sachs about how we became a global species, and what that means now.
Andy FitchAug 14, 2020
Diaspora Among the Ruins: On Asako Serizawa’s “Inheritors”
Art Edwards is impressed by “Inheritors,” the debut short story collection from Asako Serizawa.
Art EdwardsAug 13, 2020
- Fiction
Heroin Heroism: On the Rock ’n’ Roll Survivor Narrative
John Tottenham plows through the genre of the rock ’n’ roll memoir.
John TottenhamAug 13, 2020
- Memoir & Essay
- Music
Immigration, Masculinity, Punk Rock: A Conversation with Phuc Tran
A Vietnamese American memoirist on the pressures of assimilation, toxic masculinity, and anti-Black racism.
Sarah NeilsonAug 13, 2020
- Memoir & Essay