Archive

Autofiction and the Asian Diaspora: A Q-and-A with Anelise Chen
Anelise Chen’s “So Many Olympic Exertions” is autofiction as exhortation.
Grafias JournalApr 3, 2018
- Fiction
- Memoir & Essay
Where My Dreaming and My Loving Live: Poetry & the Body, Part VI: Un-lonely-ing the Inner Self
Rico Frederick engages with the Poetry Coalition’s 2018 initiative, “Where My Dreaming and My Loving Live: Poetry & the Body.”
Rico FrederickApr 3, 2018
- Poetry
A Wider World of Reading
Kristin Van Tassel explores Juan Villoro's "The Wild Book."
Kristin Van TasselApr 3, 2018
- Around the World
- Young Adult & Children’s Literature
Dancing with Chains
Hollis Robbins discusses Chinese scholarship of American literature.
Hollis RobbinsApr 3, 2018
The Distortion
Searching for clarity in the age of Trump.
Stephen MarcheApr 2, 2018
- Nonfiction
- Politics
Histories of Violence: Violence and the Art of the Political
Brad Evans speaks with political theorist Michael J. Shapiro. A conversation in Brad Evans’s “Histories of Violence” series.
Brad EvansApr 2, 2018
- Art & Architecture
- Histories of Violence
The Death Drive Revisited: On Olivier Roy’s “Jihad and Death”
"Jihad and Death" is a remarkable work of analysis that is spilling over with insights and well worth engaging.
Suzanne SchneiderApr 2, 2018
- Politics
- Religion
“Of ARRRGHs and the Pirate I Sing”: On Eugene Ostashevsky’s The Pirate Who Does Not Know the Value of Pi
Boris Dralyuk reviews NYRB's "The Pirate Who Does Not Know the Value of Pi” by Eugene Ostashevsky.
Boris DralyukApr 2, 2018
Bingespeak
Alexander SternApr 1, 2018
Identity as Irreconcilable Collage in Carl Frode Tiller’s Epic “Encircling” Trilogy
Katharine Coldiron finds Carl Frode Tiller’s “Encircling 2” an incomparable intellectual escapade.
Katharine ColdironApr 1, 2018
- Around the World
- Fiction
The Monthly Digest: April 2018
Apr 1, 2018
Always the Haunting Sound of a Train: On Filip David’s “The House of Remembering and Forgetting”
Eileen Battersby is ravished by “The House of Remembering and Forgetting,” a new novel by Filip David, translated by Christina Pribićević-Zorić.
Eileen BattersbyApr 1, 2018
- Around the World
- Fiction
Bad Air Days in Seoul
Colin Marshall discusses the air quality in Seoul.
Colin MarshallApr 1, 2018
Entrepreneur of Desire: Portrait of an Afghan Smuggler
A lonely and dangerous life of gambles and trust.
Fattah Lemar Rabiei, Helen MackreathMar 31, 2018
- Around the World
- Politics
To My Younger Self
Deeki Deke's Short Take is a word of advice to his younger self: "NO."
Deeki DekeMar 31, 2018
Irony and the  New White Supremacy
Sarah LaBrieMar 31, 2018