Bradley Babendir is a fiction writer and critic. He has written for The New Republic, The Millions, Electric Literature, The Rumpus, and elsewhere. He currently lives in Boston, where he is the editor-in-chief of Redivider and an MFA candidate at Emerson College.
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES
Maria Hummel Dissects Violence in Art with “Still Lives”
Despite its missteps, Hummel’s art-world thriller “Still Lives” is a compelling read....
Family Matters: On Rebekah Frumkin’s “The Comedown”
Bradley Babendir reviews Rebekah Frumkin’s “The Comedown,” a novel full of dramatic irony and striking dissonance....
Peter Thiel’s Unfortunate World: On “The Know-It-Alls” by Noam Cohen
A columnist takes a close look at Silicon Valley and finds it repulsive....
How the Unlikely Becomes Inevitable in Hermione Hoby’s “Neon in Daylight”
Bradley Babendir finds Hermione Hoby’s debut novel “Neon in Daylight” luminous and wonderful....
“The End Is Where We Start From”: On Evan Kindley’s “Poet-Critics and the Administration of Culture”
Bradley Babendir reviews Evan Kindley’s “Poet-Critics and the Administration of Culture.”...
Impotent Rage: Eka Kurniawan’s “Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash”
Eka Kurniawan’s “Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash” is a deeply ambitious book that can’t help but be funny....
The Facts Must Matter: On “The Trouble with Reality”
Brooke Gladstone’s confidence that the facts will eventually assert themselves is galvanizing, but the book can’t tell us when, or how, or why....
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