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Literature in a Time of Collusion: A Conversation Between Jennifer Wilson, Hilah Kohen, Julia Phillips, and Fiona Bell
Jennifer Wilson, Hilah Kohen, Julia Phillips, and Fiona Bell discuss new approaches to writing about Russia.
Fiona Bell, Hilah Kohen, Jennifer Wilson, Julia PhillipsJun 28, 2019
Artificial Stupidity
Does communism really mean a world where nobody works? On Aaron Bastani’s “Fully Automated Luxury Communism.”
Jason BarkerJun 28, 2019
- Politics
First I Am Going to Eat: A Conversation with Carlos Zanón
Benjamin Cunningham interviews Carlos Zanón about his Carvalho revival.
Benjamin CunninghamJun 28, 2019
- Around the World
- Noir
Who Speaks Like Plato: Talking to Gerald A. Press
Andy Fitch presents questions he posed to Gerald A. Press about polyphony and voice in Plato's dialogues.
Andy FitchJun 28, 2019
Disillusionment and Resilience: An Interview with Tim Hennessy
Erica Ruth Neubauer interviews Tim Hennessy about “Milwaukee Noir.”
Erica Ruth NeubauerJun 27, 2019
- Noir
World War II’s Poisonous Masculine Legacy
Josh Cook reviews Jared Yates Sexton's new book, "The Man They Wanted Me to Be: Toxic Masculinity and a Crisis of Our Own Making."
Jun 27, 2019
- Gender & Sexuality
- Politics
Guy Troubles
Brad Tyer reviews two new books about the troubles that ail American men.
Brad TyerJun 27, 2019
- Gender & Sexuality
- Politics
What Lori Loughlin Can Teach Us About Schadenfreude and Compassion
Ashley Rindsberg writes on cultural backlash to Lori Loughlin and keeping a consistent sense of justice.
Ashley RindsbergJun 27, 2019
Queer History Uncovered: A Conversation with Matthew Riemer
Michael Valinksy interviews queer historian Matthew Riemer about his new labor of love, “We Are Everywhere,” co-written with Leighton Brown.
Michael ValinskyJun 26, 2019
- Gender & Sexuality
- History
Chaucer’s Traces
Marion Turner's "Chaucer: A European Life" depicts the poet’s life in vivid detail, yet it tries too hard to accommodate Chaucer to our own century.
Joe StadolnikJun 26, 2019
- Biography & Autobiography
- Literary Criticism
Invisible Europe
Dubravka Ugrešić reflects on today’s Europe and its crises.
Dubravka UgrešićJun 26, 2019
- Around the World
- Cultural Studies
Little No-action Movie: On Pico Iyer’s Autumn Light
Alan Kennedy reviews memory and impermanence in Pico Iyer’s recent "Autumn Light."
Alan KennedyJun 26, 2019
Sacred Horror and the Border Imagination: On Fernando A. Flores’s “Tears of the Trufflepig”
"Tears of the Trufflepig" is a narcocorrido for the Island of Dr. Moreau. It’s Roberto Bolaño and Gloria Anzaldúa dropping acid and staring into the sun.
J. David GonzalezJun 25, 2019
- Fiction
Big Little Lies, "The End of the World"
This week on Dear Television, Phil Maciak asks why the third episode of the second season of Big Little Lies won't follow the money.
Phillip MaciakJun 25, 2019
- Dear Television
L.A. Cooks Itself: On Aleksandra Crapanzano’s “EAT. COOK. L.A.” and Elisa Callow’s “The Urban Forager”
India Mandelkern on the stories L.A. cookbooks tell in Aleksandra Crapanzano’s "EAT. COOK. L.A." and Elisa Callow’s "The Urban Forager."
India MandelkernJun 25, 2019
- Food & Drink
The Pain and Pleasure of Creating Worlds in Ayşegül Savaş’s “Walking on the Ceiling”
Lori Brister appreciates Ayşegül Savaş’s “Walking on the Ceiling,” a lyrical debut novel “heavily marked by grief.”
Lori BristerJun 25, 2019
- Around the World
- Fiction