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.
Nathan Scott McNamara
Articles
Leonora Carrington’s Hellish Playgrounds
The Waterfall Coping Strategy: Patrick Cottrell’s “Sorry to Disrupt the Peace”
Patrick Cottrell’s debut “Sorry to Disrupt the Peace” asks how to live with trauma.
Against the “Must Read”
Nathan Scott McNamara for BLARB: Against the “Must Read”
A Surreal Argentine Western in César Aira’s “Ema the Captive”
César Aira's "Ema the Captive" is a surreal Western in the spirit of Cormac McCarthy’s "Blood Meridian" that causes you to lose your sense of proportion.
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