Lori Feathers is a freelance book critic who lives in Dallas, Texas. She authors the essay series “In Context” for Literary Hub as well as Words Without Borders's regular feature, “Best of the B-Sides.” Lori is a board member of the National Book Critics Circle, and her work appears in various online and print publications. She co-owns Interabang Books in Dallas, where she works as the store’s book buyer.
Lori Feathers
Articles
The Sounds of Exile: On Valeria Luiselli’s “Lost Children Archive”
"Lost Children Archive" brings into focus the wrongs that are being inflicted upon immigrant children. It demands that our numbed complacency be shaken.
Slumber as Self-Preservation: Oblomov and My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Lori Feathers on two sleep-obsessed heroes, one in Ottessa Moshfegh's "My Year of Rest and Relaxation," and the other in Ivan Goncharov’s "Oblomov."
Whose Feminism Is It Anyway? Meg Wolitzer’s “The Female Persuasion”
Meg Wolitzer’s “The Female Persuasion” is a work of imagination and intelligence.
“Alone Together, Together Alone”: On Lisa Halliday’s “Asymmetry”
Lori Feathers takes the measure of “Asymmetry” by Lisa Halliday.
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