Archive

Contagion: Before and Beyond COVID-19
Michael MarderMar 19, 2020
The Individual Person at the Center: An Interview with Julia Kristeva
Georges Nivat and Olivier Mongin talk to Julia Kristeva in this conversation translated by Patsy Baudoin.
Georges Nivat, Olivier Mongin, Patsy BaudoinMar 19, 2020
Against the Grain: John O’Brien on the Possible Dalkey Archive/Open Letter Merger
Dashiel Carrera talks with John O’Brien about small fiction presses and the fate of publishers.
Dashiel CarreraMar 19, 2020
Humor Is the Dominant Note: On James McBride’s “Deacon King Kong”
Clifford Thompson reviews the latest novel from National Book Award winner James McBride, “Deacon King Kong.”
Clifford ThompsonMar 18, 2020
- Fiction
Convincing Fake: On Emily Beyda’s “The Body Double”
Art Edwards reviews “The Body Double” by Emily Beyda.
Art EdwardsMar 18, 2020
- Noir
Beneath the Mucous-Paper: On D. H. Lawrence’s “The Bad Side of Books”
Robert Minto gets “the full Lawrence experience” from “The Bad Side of Books: Selected Essays of D. H. Lawrence.”
Robert MintoMar 18, 2020
- Memoir & Essay
Coronavirus, Welcome to America!
Philip KitcherMar 18, 2020
Emo Philips Now
Kieran Setiya reckons with age alongside comic Emo Philips.
Kieran SetiyaMar 18, 2020
Place: Putridarium
Katy Simpson Smith transports us to an ancient decomposition space: the putridarium.
Katy Simpson SmithMar 17, 2020
Failing to Find the Language of Pain: On Gayle Brandeis’s “Many Restless Concerns: The Victims of Countess Báthory Speak in Chorus”
Elena Goukassian listens to “Many Restless Concerns,” the new novel in poems by Gayle Brandeis.
Elena GoukassianMar 17, 2020
- Fiction
- Poetry
A Failed Case Against Free Speech
Stephen Rohde objects to “The Case Against Free Speech” by P. E. Moskowitz.
Stephen RohdeMar 17, 2020
- Law
- Politics
Art Matters Now — 12 Writers on 20 Years of Art: Orit Gat on 2006 and the Rise of YouTube
Orit Gat considers YouTube and how 2006 marked the peak, decline, and end of a certain kind of digital optimism.
Orit GatMar 17, 2020
- Art & Architecture
- Science & Technology
Is the End Nigh?
Kate GaleMar 17, 2020
Anna Kavan and the Rise of Autospec
“Machines in the Head" displays Anna Kavan at her most experimental, personal, and disquieting.
Gregory AriailMar 16, 2020
- SF
Artifice Is Part of the Process: An Interview with Dao Strom
Meghan Lamb speaks with Dao Strom about memory, hybrid literary forms, and her book “The Gentle Order of Girls and Boys.”
Meghan LambMar 16, 2020
- Fiction
We Need to Resacralize the World
Michael S. Roth considers "Religion as We Know It" by Jack Miles and "The Lost Art of Scripture" by Karen Armstrong.
Michael S. RothMar 16, 2020
- Religion