Nathan Scott McNamara

Nathan Scott McNamara also contributes at Literary Hub, the Atlantic, the Millions, the Washington Post, Electric Literature, and more. Follow him at @nathansmcnamara, or read more at nathanscottmcnamara.com.

Articles

The Horrifying Joy of Roque Larraquy’s Comemadre
Nathan Scott McNamara reviews Roque Larraquy’s "absurd and straight-faced and frighteningly self-assured" novel "Comemadre."
Nathan Scott McNamaraJul 10, 2018
A Quiet Pulsing Dread: Nick Drnaso’s Sabrina
Nathan Scott McNamara reviews Nick Drnaso's quiet and haunting "Sabrina."
Nathan Scott McNamaraJun 16, 2018
Everything Was a Fake
Nathan Scott McNamara reviews Helen DeWitt’s collection “Some Trick,” where we are granted access to 13 more of her mad performances.
Nathan Scott McNamaraJun 8, 2018
- Fiction
The Trick Is There Is No Trick: Tessa Fontaine’s The Electric Woman
Nathan Scott McNamara reviews Tessa Fontaine's memoir of resilience and discovery "The Electric Woman."
Nathan Scott McNamaraJun 2, 2018
My Dad Got a Photocopier at His Office: John Porcellino on 30 Years of King-Cat
Nathan Scott McNamara interviews John Porcellino, writer and comic artist of "King-Cat" and "From Lone Mountain."
Nathan Scott McNamaraApr 28, 2018
A Perpetual Layering of Language and Meaning: An Interview with Writer and Translator Jenny McPhee
Nathan Scott McNamara interviews writer and translator Jenny McPhee about her life and work.
Nathan Scott McNamaraApr 17, 2018
Breathing Life into Language: The Collaborations of Christina MacSweeney
Nathan Scott McNamara talks to translator Christina MacSweeney about her work with Valeria Luiselli, Verónica Gerber Bicecci, and Daniel Saldaña París.
Nathan Scott McNamaraMar 29, 2018
- Around the World
- Fiction
The Straight Way Was Lost: Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi’s “Call Me Zebra”
Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi’s “Call Me Zebra” threads narrative and theory to depict the isolating experience of exile.
Nathan Scott McNamaraFeb 6, 2018
- Fiction
Think of It As An Existential Lesson: Deb Olin Unferth and Elizabeth Haidle's I, Parrot
Nathan Scott McNamara reviews Deb Olin Unferth and Elizabeth Haidle's new graphic novel "I, Parrot."
Nathan Scott McNamaraDec 9, 2017
The Olfactory Factory: Wolfgang Hilbig’s Old Rendering Plant
Nathan Scott McNamara reflects on the hyper-sensory elements of Wolfgang Hilbig's "Old Rendering Plant."
Nathan Scott McNamaraNov 27, 2017
Where Is the Thing We’re Chasing? Renee Gladman and Her Invented City of Ravicka
Nathan Scott McNamara visits Renee Gladman at her home in Connecticut to discuss loneliness, love, and her invented city of Ravicka.
Nathan Scott McNamaraNov 6, 2017
- Fiction
A Middle Class Childhood in the Middle East: Brigitte Findakly and Lewis Trondheim’s Poppies of Iraq
Nathan Scott McNamara reviews Brigitte Findakly and Lewis Trondheim’s "Poppies of Iraq," about Findakly's middle-class childhood in Iraq.
Nathan Scott McNamaraSep 23, 2017
From Isolated Places: Fleur Jaeggy’s “I Am the Brother of XX”
Nathan Scott McNamara discusses the isolation from which Fleur Jaeggy writes “I Am the Brother of XX.”
Nathan Scott McNamaraAug 7, 2017
- Around the World
- Fiction
Growing Up Gay in Backwoods Mississippi: Nick White’s How to Survive a Summer
Growing Up Gay in Backwoods Mississippi: Nick White’s "How to Survive a Summer"
Nathan Scott McNamaraJun 19, 2017
Midnight Madness: Franz Kafka’s “Investigations of a Dog: And Other Creatures”
“Investigations of a Dog: And Other Creatures” offers a glimpse into Franz Kafka’s crazed late-night writing sessions.
Nathan Scott McNamaraJun 10, 2017
- Fiction
Eerie Changes in Emotional Timbre: Adam Morris on Translating João Gilberto Noll
Eerie Changes in Emotional Timbre: Adam Morris on Translating João Gilberto Noll - BLARB
Nathan Scott McNamaraMay 20, 2017