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Norman Rush's "Subtle Bodies": Two Reviews
As the author changes his focus from Botswana to New York City, we check in to see what has changed and what parts of Rush's voice remain constant.
Daniel PearceSep 9, 2013
Jonathan Lethem: An Interview and a Review
An interview and review with Jonathan Lethem, on his latest novel Dissident Gardens
Brian Gresko, Lee KonstantinouSep 8, 2013
Mexican History, Culture, and Consciousness in the Chicano Novel
Tim Z Hernandez, Alex Espinoza, Mario Alberto Zambrano — the next generation of Chicano writers confronts, once again, the question of Mexico.
Rigoberto GonzálezSep 8, 2013
El Nuevo Periodismo and the Dirty War
On beloved Argentinian journalist Rodolfo Walsh
Marguerite FeitlowitzSep 7, 2013
The Books That Made Us: Little House in the Big Woods
Lessons from Wilder's 'Little House' books.
Alexandra SocaridesSep 7, 2013
He Offered Me Cocaine: An Interview with Giancarlo DiTrapano of Tyrant Books
New York Tyrant's DiTrapanao, bad boy of the publishing world
Michael BibleSep 5, 2013
Shut Up and Listen to the Artists!
Critics need to stop talking to each other and start listening to what artists are saying with their art.
Johanna Drucker Sep 5, 2013
The Complainers: Online with The Chronicle of Higher Education
StoryCorps for the very well credentialed
Graham HillardSep 4, 2013
- Education
Ali Kemal: Martyred Journalist and Iconic Traitor
In 1922, Ali Kemal, the great-grandfather of London’s mayor Boris Johnson, was lynched in Turkey. Ali Kemal was a journalist, not a dissident.
Kaya GençSep 3, 2013
Refusing Simplicity: Encountering Seamus Heaney
Lytton SmithSep 3, 2013
“Still to Behold, Still to Be Told”: Heather McHugh’s CAREGIFTED and the Narrative of Caregiving and Disability
On CAREGIFTED, a nonprofit founded by renowned poet by Heather McHugh
Jeneva StoneAug 31, 2013
The Rainbow Troops: A Visit with Indonesia’s Bestselling Author
On Andrea Hirata and the bestselling Indonesian novel of all time
Pallavi AiyarAug 30, 2013
The Mexican Girl
An excerpt from Tim Z. Hernandez's new book.
Tim Z. HernandezAug 29, 2013
A Change of Path: Alejandro Jodorowsky’s “The Incal”
On the Chilean author-director Alejandro Jodorowsky
Anthony PalettaAug 26, 2013
Spinster, Victim, Soldier, Spy: Dick Francis and The Evolution of Female Characters in Crime Fiction
The Evolution of Female Characters in Crime Fiction
Aug 24, 2013
Why Genre Matters
The old question of genre just won't go away: Sven Birkerts, Judith Kitchen, Scott Nadelson, David Biespiel, and Dinah Lenney mix it up some more.
David Biespiel, Dinah Lenney, Judith Kitchen, Scott Nadelson, Sven BirkertsAug 23, 2013