Anna E. Clark is an assistant professor of 19th-century literature at Iona College in New Rochelle, New York. Her essays and reviews have recently appeared in Public Books and the Chicago Tribune.
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES
The Saddest Stories Ever: On Sigrid Nunez’s “What Are You Going Through”
Anna E. Clark reviews Sigrid Nunez’s follow-up to “The Friend,” “What Are You Going Through.”...
On Love and Parents in Crissy Van Meter’s “Creatures”
Anna E. Clark takes stock of “Creatures,” the debut novel from Crissy Van Meter....
Hybrid Noir: On Anita Felicelli’s “Chimerica”
Anna E. Clark reviews Anita Felicelli’s debut novel, “Chimerica.”...
Damaged Intimacies: Sally Rooney’s “Normal People”
Anna E. Clark reveals the ache at the heart of Sally Rooney’s “Normal People.”...
Leaps of Doubt in R. O. Kwon’s “The Incendiaries”
R. O. Kwon’s debut cannily blurs the line between campus novel and cult lit....
The Improbable and Impervious in Barbara Comyns’s “The Juniper Tree”
Anna E. Clark unearths the fairy-tale force of “The Juniper Tree,” a late-career novel by Barbara Comyns....
This Is Not a Novel: Reality and Realism in Nicole Krauss’s “Forest Dark”
Anna E. Clark reviews Nicole Krauss's latest....
Too Much, Never Enough: The Painful Pleasures of Gabriel Tallent’s “My Absolute Darling”
Like any good horror novel, Gabriel Tallent's "My Absolute Darling" uses its cramped framework to steadily build tension....
D. G. Compton, Authenticity, and Privacy
Anna Clark on D.G. Compton’s "The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe."...
Beyond the Matrimonial Horizon
An adaptation that feels at once deeply faithful and impious....
