Lily Houston Smith is a critic, essayist, and podcast editor based in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Her writing has appeared in The Rumpus, Soft Punk Magazine, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, and Guernica. She edits book reviews and reading lists for Laid Off NYC and is currently pursuing an MA in cultural reporting and criticism at NYU. Photo by Alana Pockros.
Lily Houston Smith
Articles
As Lost as the Rest of Us: On Jeff Deutsch’s “In Praise of Good Bookstores”
Lily Houston Smith examines Jeff Deutsch’s advocacy of bookstores and books in his “In Praise of Good Bookstores.”
Growing Up Fast, Never Growing Up: On Erika Schickel’s “The Big Hurt”
Lily Houston Smith explores “The Big Hurt” by Erika Schickel.
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