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Ultra-Real China
Ultra-Real China - BLARB
Apr 19, 2017
Gurwitch Goes for the Gelt
Mort Zachter visits Annabelle Gurwitch's "Wherever You Go, There They Are."
Mort ZachterApr 18, 2017
- Memoir & Essay
Retrofuturist Feminism: Lidia Yuknavitch’s “The Book of Joan”
Lidia Yuknavitch mines literary and political history for timely heroines based on the iconic Joan of Arc and her contemporary, Christine de Pizan.
Anne JamisonApr 18, 2017
- Fiction
Do You Sense the Layers? – Vija Celmins at The Matthew Marks Gallery
Do You Sense the Layers? – Vija Celmins at The Matthew Marks Gallery - BLARB
Apr 18, 2017
The Ghost in the Ghost
Anne Anlin Cheng on "Ghost in the Shell."
Anne Anlin ChengApr 17, 2017
- Film
- SF
Between the Sheets: Sex, Power, and Literary Desire in John Rechy’s “After the Blue Hour”
Eric Newman appreciates the lessons of “After the Blue Hour” by John Rechy.
Eric NewmanApr 17, 2017
- Fiction
The Double Game of Egyptian Surrealism: How to Curate a Revolutionary Movement
Jonathan Guyer and Surti Singh consider the legacy of Egypt’s surrealist Art and Liberty Group.
Jonathan Guyer, Surti SinghApr 17, 2017
- Around the World
- Art & Architecture
Travels Across Uncomfortable Terrain: Nora Gold’s The Dead Man
Travels Across Uncomfortable Terrain: Nora Gold’s The Dead Man - BLARB
Apr 17, 2017
Sympathy for the White Devil: Phoebe Maltz Bovy’s “The Perils of ‘Privilege’”
Jacqui Shine reviews Phoebe Maltz Bovy’s “The Perils of ‘Privilege’.”
Jacqui ShineApr 16, 2017
- Cultural Studies
- Politics
“Whatever Was Left of That Other Life”: On Adam O’Riordan’s “A Herring Famine” and “The Burning Ground: Stories”
Declan Ryan reviews two collections — one of poems, the other of stories — by Adam O’Riordan.
Declan RyanApr 16, 2017
- Fiction
- Poetry
Wish I Were There: The Life and Times of a Travel Writer
Thomas Swick reflects on his career as a travel writer.
Thomas SwickApr 16, 2017
- Around the World
- Nonfiction
The Berth of Biopolitics
The Berth of Biopolitics - BLARB
Matt SeyboldApr 16, 2017
From Elsewhere to Elsewhere
Soviet sci-fi, avant-garde experimentalism, and Tibetan Buddhism converge in “Radiant Terminus,” Antoine Volodine’s longest narrative to appear in English.
Geoff ShullenbergerApr 15, 2017
- SF
“I Know That Story!”: On Natalia Ginzburg’s “Family Lexicon”
Eric Gudas pores over “Family Lexicon” by Natalia Ginzburg.
Eric GudasApr 15, 2017
Between Philosophy and History: On Guido Mazzoni’s “Theory of the Novel”
Alberto Comparini delves into “Theory of the Novel” by Guido Mazzoni.
Alberto CompariniApr 15, 2017
Friendship as Civic Democratic Practice
Friendship as Civic Democratic Practice - BLARB
Apr 15, 2017