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It Kills Everything It Touches: On the Perils of Studying Geoff Dyer
IN THE COURSE of this essay, I want to examine Geoff Dyer and his relationship with the academic establishment.
Daniel Marc JanesAug 10, 2014
Shake Forth a Nest: Feminist Ekphrasis and the Example of Louise Bourgeois
B.K. Fischer uses the visceral sculptural works of Louise Bourgeois to examine the evolution of ekphrasis as a tool and an inspiration in feminist American poetry.
B. K. FischerAug 9, 2014
Eight Arms to Hold You
On 'A Hard Day's Night'
Charles TaylorAug 9, 2014
The Leftovers, Season 1
Get Lost: Why You Should Be Watching 'The Leftovers'
Phillip MaciakAug 8, 2014
- Dear Television
- Television
Snowpiercer: Speak, Memory, Occupy
Matthew SnyderAug 8, 2014
Montana Writers Share “How It Happens”
Is there such a thing as Montana writing? Montana literature?
Bridget KevaneAug 5, 2014
The Post-South World of Mary Miller
The question of what the South will be — or, even, whether it will be — once its cultural environment becomes homogenized is changing the way we read its literature.
Alex Gallo-Brown Aug 4, 2014
The 'Inevitable' World War
Was World War I, which started 100 years ago today, after all, inevitable?
Robert ZaretskyAug 4, 2014
- History
Finding the Plot: On Simon Ings and the British Boom
Andrew M. ButlerAug 3, 2014
18 Hours Before the Mast
Hester BlumAug 3, 2014
Europe Through the Looking Glass: Nina Martyris on Pallavi Aiyar
An Indian author, having written about China, turns her gaze to Europe.
Nina MartyrisAug 2, 2014
- Memoir & Essay
The Era of the Geographically Confused
A collaboration between a grandfather and grandson traces the history of India and Burma through personal memories.
Anjali VaidyaAug 2, 2014
Babies Taste Best
On Bong Joon-ho's 'Snowpiercer'
Len GutkinAug 1, 2014
A Boyhood Epic
On Richard Linklater's 'Boyhood'
Wai Chee DimockAug 1, 2014
- Young Adult & Children’s Literature
The Two Abysses of the Soul
Costica Bradatan shows us how The Brothers Karamazov explains Russia's current politics.
Costica BradatanJul 31, 2014
The Built Landscape
From "Around the World"
Macduff EvertonJul 31, 2014
- Around the World