Sarah Mesle

Sarah Mesle (PhD, Northwestern) is faculty at USC and Senior Humanities Editor at the Los Angeles Review of Books. Prior to arriving at USC, she held postdoctoral fellowships in English at the University of Michigan and the University of California, Los Angeles. She is a 19th-century Americanist by training and is interested, generally speaking, in the long history of the American popular novel and in the many ways pop culture can excite, estrange, and surprise.

With Sarah Blackwood, she is co-editor of Avidly.org. You can follow her on Twitter.

Articles

“‘America’ Is Not the Object”: An Interview with Kandice Chuh, President of the American Studies Association
What does the American Studies Association make possible in 2017?
Sarah MesleNov 9, 2017
- Cultural Studies
- Education
On This Day: The Cubs and the Feeling That Stays With You
Sarah Mesle watches the Cubs lose the 2017 National League Championship Series.
Sarah MesleOct 24, 2017
- Dear Television
Star Trek: Discovery
Aaron Bady and Sarah Mesle for Dear TV ravenously consume two new hours of Star Trek: Discovery. What's the verdict? The present sucks.
Aaron Bady, Sarah MesleSep 25, 2017
- Dear Television
Game of Thrones: Season 7, "The Dragon and the Wolf"
Every city in the world is built on wildfire — Dear Television on the end of Game of Thrones, season seven.
Aaron Bady, Sarah MesleAug 28, 2017
- Dear Television
Game of Thrones: Season 7, “Beyond the Wall”
JON SNOW: I would like to be excluded from this narrative.

GAME OF THRONES: NOPE.
Aaron Bady, Sarah MesleAug 21, 2017
- Dear Television
Game of Thrones: Season 7, "Eastwatch"
That bowl of fermented crab seems sort of unsteady; how do you keep it from spilling if you’re taking that little rowboat on the ocean? Invest in some good Tupperware, would be my advice.
Aaron Bady, Sarah MesleAug 14, 2017
- Dear Television
Game of Thrones: Season 7, "The Spoils of War"
Dear Television ponders which chosen one is the most chosen, and whether there's something else dragons can do.
Aaron Bady, Sarah MesleAug 7, 2017
- Dear Television
Game of Thrones: Season 7, "The Queen's Justice"
Dear Television discusses what happens when the Game of Thrones is only played by veterans and no rookies.
Aaron Bady, Sarah MesleJul 31, 2017
- Dear Television
Game of Thrones: Season 7, "Stormborn"
Tarly Tarly Bo-Barly Banana-Fana Fo-Farly Fee-Fy-Mo-Marly TARLY!
Aaron Bady, Sarah MesleJul 24, 2017
- Dear Television
Game of Thrones: Season 7, "Dragonstone"
Soup, Poop, and Climate Change
Aaron Bady, Sarah MesleJul 17, 2017
- Dear Television
The Handmaid's Tale Finale
Dear Television braids hair and cuts to the feeling in the season finale of The Handmaid's Tale...
Jane Hu, Sarah MesleJun 16, 2017
- Dear Television
The Handmaid's Tale, "A Woman's Place"
DearTV discusses the 6th episode of Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale...
Jane Hu, Sarah MesleMay 19, 2017
- Dear Television
The Handmaid's Tale on Hulu
Dear TV begins its weekly coverage of Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale...
Phillip Maciak, Sarah MesleApr 28, 2017
- Dear Television
At Home With American Studies: An Interview with ASA President Robert Warrior
American Studies at its best is a critique of America in the world.
Sarah MesleNov 18, 2016
- Cultural Studies
The 2016 World Series
Dear TV wonders if the Cubs can pull it out in the worst year ever.
Sarah MesleOct 25, 2016
- Dear Television
Sunday Night Football
Phillip Maciak, Sarah MesleSep 13, 2016
- Dear Television