Archive

Apocalyptic Childhood: On Cixin Liu’s “Supernova Era”
Cixin Liu’s “Supernova Era” offers a tantalizing glimpse into another universe where parents won’t simply let their children die without a fight.
Gerry CanavanOct 29, 2019
- Around the World
- SF
“Call Me by Your Name” Gets a Dubious Sequel in André Aciman’s “Find Me”
Eric Newman reviews “Find Me,” André Aciman’s underwhelming sequel to “Call Me by Your Name.”
Eric NewmanOct 29, 2019
- Fiction
“Either Hyper-Visible or Invisible”: An Interview with Jaquira Díaz
Jaquira Díaz discusses her new memoir, her love of music, and her gratitude for the richness of her Puerto Rican heritage.
Kavita DasOct 29, 2019
- Memoir & Essay
The Road from Ginger Baker to Donald Trump
Bruce Bauman observes the decline of unfiltered celebrities.
Bruce BaumanOct 29, 2019
Ghosts Are Always There: An Interview with Téa Obreht on “Inland”
Rachel Barenbaum talks to writer Téa Obreht about her new novel, "Inland."
Rachel BarenbaumOct 28, 2019
- Fiction
Writing Books Never Gets Easier: An Interview with Hanna Jameson
Jim Ruland talks to writer Hanna Jameson about her new novel, “The Last.”
Jim RulandOct 28, 2019
- Noir
- SF
Narrative Economies
Chang-Min Yu reviews Joseph Jonghyun Jeon’s volume on Korean cinema and its rendering of global economic logics through film language and narrative.
Chang-Min YuOct 28, 2019
11 Months in Reading
Sophia Stewart takes a tour through titles that meant something to her in the past year.
Sophia StewartOct 28, 2019
Each Cell Has Its Fingers Crossed: On Timothy Donnelly’s “The Problem of the Many”
Kevin O’Rourke considers “The Problem of the Many” by Timothy Donnelly.
Kevin O’RourkeOct 27, 2019
- Poetry
Learning to Breathe: On Gabby Rivera’s “Juliet Takes a Breath”
A queer Puerto Rican girl from the Bronx has a summer fling in Gabby Rivera’s “Juliet Takes a Breath.”
Sarah NeilsonOct 27, 2019
- Young Adult & Children’s Literature
A Case of the Cults
Arthur McCaffrey looks at a cross-section of recent literature about cults, growing up in them, and growing away from them.
Arthur McCaffreyOct 27, 2019
Reading to a Child
Emily Hodgson Anderson on the promises and perils of reading aloud.
Emily Hodgson AndersonOct 27, 2019
- Young Adult & Children’s Literature
Privilege Nostalgia: Reading Beckett During Brexit
What does the central role of literary disinheritance in Beckett's work teach us about those who voted for Brexit?
Eva KennyOct 26, 2019
Dance Apocalyptic: Tim Maughan’s “Infinite Detail” and Media After the Internet
For Tim Maughan, culture is resolutely material. What happens to cultural production when the dominant medium of our moment, the cloud, evaporates?
Jeffrey MoroOct 26, 2019
- SF
The Trouble with “Adam”
The teen film “Adam” turns complex issues of trans visibility into a vacuous sex farce.
Caden Mark GardnerOct 26, 2019
Gogol in the White House
Amelia Glaser draws parallels between the audience with Catherine the Great in Gogol's “Christmas Eve” and Donald Trump speaking with Volodymyr Zelensky.
Amelia GlaserOct 26, 2019