David Winters

David Winters is a literary and cultural critic. He has written for the Times Literary Supplement, Bookforum, The Millions, The New Inquiry, Radical Philosophy and others. He blogs at Why Not Burn Books? and is a contributing editor at 3:AM Magazine.

Bye, Bye, Theory, Goodbye

Is theory “over”? Yes and no....

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The Other Life That Is Ours: Revisiting Dawn Raffel

BETWEEN 1977 AND 1995, the American publishing industry witnessed a burst of avant-garde activity whose cultural impact has yet to be adequately assessed. The years in question correspond to those of the legendary (and controversial) Gordon Lish as senior editor for ...

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Terror and Beauty: Martin Hägglund’s “Dying for Time”

THE SWEDISH PHILOSOPHER and literary scholar Martin Hägglund has swiftly established himself at the center of some of today’s most lively intellectual debates. Since the publication of his pioneering book Radical Atheism: Derrida and the Time of Life in ...

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LITERARY CRITICISM

PHILOSOPHY & CRITICAL THEORY

Difficult Intimacies: Christine Schutt’s Dark Portraits of Marriage

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The Secularist's Dogma: Simon Critchley's "The Faith of the Faithless"

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