Lowry Pressly

Lowry Pressly is a writer of essays, fiction, and cultural criticism. He is a PhD candidate at Harvard University.

In the Tongue a Knife, in the Knife a Tongue: On Fernanda Melchor’s “Paradais”
Melchor’s new novel is overwhelming, violent, frightening, and leavened by a dark sense of humor.
Lowry PresslyMay 23, 2022
- Fiction
Astonishments for Our Time
Lowry Pressly considers “The Condition of Secrecy” by Inger Christensen.
Lowry PresslyApr 4, 2019
- Memoir & Essay
- Poetry
There is Someone Here Who is Trembling
A new translation of the poetry of Alejandra Pizarnik introduces Anglophone audiences to the influential Argentine’s work.
Lowry PresslyJun 26, 2016
- Poetry
"Nymphomaniac: Vol. 1": Fishers of Men, Meaning
Nymphomaniac succeeds as a work of art insofar as it fails to live up to the terms it sets for itself as a film.
Lowry PresslyMar 21, 2014
“12 Years A Slave”: On Humane Suffering
The reality of slavery’s toll in Steve McQueen's film
Lowry PresslyNov 9, 2013

In the Tongue a Knife, in the Knife a Tongue: On Fernanda Melchor’s “Paradais”