Elena Goukassian is an arts writer based in Brooklyn. She covers literature, art, theater, books, music, film, architecture, and dance. She’s also a huge fan of digging through archives and uncovering unusual histories. Her pieces have recently appeared in Lapham’s Quarterly, Artsy, BOMB Magazine, Poets & Writers, and The Calvert Journal, among others.
Elena Goukassian
Articles
Failing to Find the Language of Pain: On Gayle Brandeis’s “Many Restless Concerns: The Victims of Countess Báthory Speak in Chorus”
Elena Goukassian listens to “Many Restless Concerns,” the new novel in poems by Gayle Brandeis.
The Many Explanations: On Siri Hustvedt’s “Memories of the Future”
Elena Goukassian reviews Siri Hustvedt's new novel and discusses why it falls in the category of Trump-era political fiction.
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