Emmalea Russo is a writer living at the Jersey shore. Her books are G (2018) and Wave Archive (2019). Her poetry and writings on film, philosophy, and art have appeared in Artforum, BOMB, The Brooklyn Rail, Granta, Hyperallergic, Los Angeles Review of Books, SF MOMA’s Open Space, and elsewhere. She is pursuing a PhD in Philosophy and edits the multidisciplinary journal Asphalte Magazine.
Emmalea Russo
Articles
Imagining a More Habitable Present: On Grafton Tanner’s “The Hours Have Lost Their Clock: The Politics of Nostalgia”
Tanner’s new book examines how nostalgia circulates in our culture both innocuously and destructively.
To Be Engulfed: On Sarah Gerard’s “True Love”
Emmalea Russo finds “True Love,” the new novel by Sarah Gerard.
Feeling Real in the Age of Un-Realness: On Fiona Alison Duncan’s “Exquisite Mariposa”
Fiona Alison Duncan's new novel about Los Angeles, astrology, drugs, transcendence, and the search for the Real.
“Before I Began”: On the Wisdom of Not-Knowing
Emmalea Russo reviews Cynthia Cruz’s “Disquieting: Essays on Silence.”
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