Josh Billings lives in Farmington, Maine. He edits Rustica, a literary and arts magazine dedicated to the new pastoral.
Josh Billings
Articles
Beautiful Losing
Josh Billings wonders about Helen DeWitt and Ilya Gridneff’s new novel “Your Name Here.”
Gazing into One’s Own Head
Josh Billings reviews German author Michael Lentz’s novel “Schattenfroh,” newly translated by Max Lawton.
The Superfluous Man Redux
Josh Billings reviews Russian author Konstantin Vaginov’s newly translated novel “Goat Song.”
All My Small Things
Josh Billings reviews Helen Garner’s “How to End a Story: Collected Diaries, 1978–1998.”
Trapped in America: On Morgan Talty’s “Fire Exit”
Josh Billings reviews Morgan Talty’s debut novel “Fire Exit.”
The Good Wood: On Matthew J. C. Clark’s “Bjarki, Not Bjarki”
Josh Billings reviews Matthew J. C. Clark’s “Bjarki, Not Bjarki: On Floorboards, Love, and Irreconcilable Differences.”
Making History Sing: On Vera Mutafchieva’s “The Case of Cem”
Josh Billings reviews Bulgarian author Vera Mutafchieva’s historical novel “The Case of Cem.”
The Real Unrealists: On Andrey Platonov’s “Chevengur”
Josh Billings reviews the new translation of Russian author Andrey Platonov’s classic novel “Chevengur.”
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