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The Bullet/The Amulet
For my work on Sidney Howard, I collected shards of meaning, but how to look at these discoveries was informed by Sam See.
Wendy MoffatMay 3, 2020
- History
- Literary Criticism
See/Eakins/Swimming
On Sam See’s “queer mythologies” and Thomas Eakins’s "Swimming."
Christopher LoobyMay 3, 2020
Having an Orange Soda with Sam
The landscapes around Bakersfield and other outposts in the California foothills became alternate geographies for the modernist maps Sam and I were drawing.
Kate MarshallMay 3, 2020
- Literary Criticism
- Nonfiction
Once More, with Feeling
Sam See’s work will always be timely, in that it calls us to attend to the transformative power of the feelings that go into a work of literature
Michael NorthMay 3, 2020
Critical Love Studies
Writing about Sam See today, I am stunned to discover that his thoughts have been hiding in plain sight among my own.
Merve EmreMay 3, 2020
- Gender & Sexuality
- Literary Criticism
Another Silent Spring?
Lida Maxwell considers the politics of nature in the era of COVID-19.
Lida MaxwellMay 3, 2020
- Politics
For Maternal Health and COVID-19, a Racial Divide
Annerieke Daniel talks about the especially fraught position of Black women's health during the pandemic.
Annerieke DanielMay 3, 2020
“It Would Have Been an Act of Love to Shoot His Friend”: An Interview with William Lychack
Peter Trachtenberg talks to William Lychack about boys, men, the gun in the first act, and his novel “Cargill Falls.”
Peter TrachtenbergMay 2, 2020
- Fiction
On the Importance of People and Place: An Encounter with Sarah Davis-Goff
Luke Cassidy talks to writer Sarah Davis-Goff and considers her new novel, "Last Ones Left Alive."
Luke CassidyMay 2, 2020
Horse Farms and Career Pathways
Nicholas Tampio looks at "Career Pathways for All Youth: Lessons from the School-to-Work Movement," a new book by Stephen F. Hamilton.
Nicholas TampioMay 2, 2020
- Education
- Politics
How Will We Remember This Moment?
Frances CathrynMay 2, 2020
Bong Joon-ho: Love in the Time of Capitalism
Dan Hassler-Forest looks at the recent work of Academy Award winner Bong Joon-ho.
Dan Hassler-ForestMay 1, 2020
Bodies on the Market
A new sociological study of our culture of dating apps, casual hookups, and “radical personal freedom.”
David LipsetMay 1, 2020
- Cultural Studies
- Gender & Sexuality
LACMA: Demolition Under Cover of COVID-19
Joseph Giovannini argues for an immediate stop to Michael Govan’s demolition of LACMA’s buildings during the pandemic lockdown.
Joseph GiovanniniMay 1, 2020
- Art & Architecture
American Tunes for Coronaviral Times: Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, and John Prine
Pamela Thurschwell looks to songs by Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, and John Prine to make sense of COVID-19.
Pamela ThurschwellMay 1, 2020
- Music
- Politics
The Monthly Digest: May 2020
May 1, 2020