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LACMA, Part I: Going Rogue
Joseph Giovannini on Michael Govan’s plans for LACMA, which are even worse than you think.
All Essays
Two Chapters from "Romance in Marseille"
Exclusive excerpt from the new Claude McKay novel, Romance in Marseille
On Being Raised by New Critics in a Small Indian Town
What literary studies lost when the New Critics were dethroned.
The Wilde Woman and the Sunflower Apostle: Oscar Wilde in the United States
Victoria Dailey looks back at Oscar Wilde’s wild ride through the United States in the early 1880s.
A Brief History of Mutual Criticism
The failures and successes of mutual criticism
Ambidextrous Authorship: Greta Gerwig and the Politics of Women’s Genres
Patricia White considers Greta Gerwig's adaptation of "Little Women."
Before “American Dirt,” There Was “The Korean Angela’s Ashes”
The “American Dirt” dustup recalls another publishing fiasco.
Pies on the Windowsills of “El Norte”
Esther Allen offers context for, and a translator’s perspective on, a publishing controversy.
The Optimistic Crown Prince
On the “Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program for Yemen” and how the Western-supported, Saudi-led coalition targets Yemeni civilians.
The Keys to Paradise: On Children, Martyrdom, and War
An Iranian American’s reflections on Flight 752.
The Last Cowboy Song
Listening to Marty Robbins’s classic 1959 album “Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs.”
Spoiler Alert: Reading Ferrante’s New Novel in Italian
Martha Cooley reflects on hearing Elena Ferrante’s new novel in Italian.
Jeffrey Epstein Is a Feature of Our System: A Conversation with Liz Franczak and Brace Belden, Hosts of “Trueanon”
Sam Jaffe Goldstein speaks with the hosts of the podcast “Trueanon.”
Libraries and Authoritarianism 1940, 2020
Jeremy Braddock on Archibald MacLeish and the campaign to make libraries a bulwark against fascists.
Street Papers: A Story of Housing, Publishing, and Noir
On Rick Paulas and his new novel, “Eastern Span.”
Raymond Carver and the Night of the Living Bukowski
Diane Smith recalls a party she hosted for Charles Bukowski, at Raymond Carver’s urging.
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