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Unknown Unknowns Come Sweeping in: On Geoff Dyer’s “The Street Philosophy of Garry Winogrand”
Geoff Nicholson ruminates on “The Street Philosophy of Garry Winogrand” by Geoff Dyer.
Geoff NicholsonApr 4, 2018
- Art & Architecture
Nomads
On Jessica Bruder's "Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century."
Justin Tyler ClarkApr 4, 2018
Out of the Mystic
Jeff Melnick on Ryan H. Walsh’s “Astral Weeks,” a history of Van Morrison’s iconic album.
Jeff MelnickApr 3, 2018
- History
- Music
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
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
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
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
Unknown Lands: On Helen Dunmore’s “Inside the Wave” and Amanda Merritt’s “The Divining Pool”
Rowland Bagnall reviews Helen Dunmore’s “Inside the Wave” and Amanda Merritt’s “The Divining Pool”
Rowland BagnallMar 31, 2018
- Poetry
Art Lives: Sarah Coleman’s “The Realist: A Novel of Berenice Abbott”
Courtney Zoffness remembers Sarah Coleman, whose “The Realist: A Novel of Berenice Abbott” was recently released.
Courtney ZoffnessMar 30, 2018
- Fiction
What Truth?: Jonathan Miles’s “Anatomy of a Miracle”
The truth is messy, complex, not easily fit into a narrative in Jonathan Miles’s “Anatomy of a Miracle.”
Chelsea LeuMar 29, 2018
- Fiction
The Blue Line
On “Down the River Unto the Sea” by Walter Mosley.
Nathan JeffersonMar 28, 2018
- Noir
Can Journalism Be Saved?
Through its many voices, "Trump and the Media" makes a convincing case that journalism has sailed into dangerous straits.
Nicholas CarrMar 27, 2018
- Politics
- Science & Technology
Un-Reading Clarice Lispector’s “The Chandelier”
Christina Soto van der Plas on the challenges and joys of reading Clarice Lispector's "The Chandelier," recently released by New Directions.
Christina Soto van der PlasMar 27, 2018
- Around the World
- Fiction
Inheriting a Life
Jung Yun reviews “Rainbirds” by Clarissa Goenawan.
Jung YunMar 26, 2018
- Around the World
- Noir
Booking Film
Loren Glass considers "From the Third Eye: The Evergreen Review Film Reader," edited by Ed Halter and Barney Rosset.
Loren GlassMar 26, 2018
- Film
- Memoir & Essay
“As in an Obituary”: Ivan Blatný’s Songs of Muteness
Jonelle Mannion on the “linguistic nomadism” of Czech poet Ivan Blatný.
Jonelle MannionMar 25, 2018
- Around the World
- Poetry