Stephanie Sy-Quia is a freelance critic and writer based in London. Her writing has appeared in The FT Weekend Magazine, The Spectator, Monocle, The i, and others. In 2018, she was shortlisted for the FT Bodley Head essay prize. She is a Ledbury Emerging Poetry Critic.
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES
Sleight of Hand: On Meena Kandasamy’s “When I Hit You” and “Exquisite Cadavers”
Stephanie Sy-Quia looks at two recent novels from Meena Kandasamy, “When I Hit You” and “Exquisite Cadavers.”...
“Whatever, Whenever You Are”: On Ed Bok Lee’s “Mitochondrial Night”
Stephanie Sy-Quia considers “Mitochondrial Night” by Ed Bok Lee....
Meat Is Murder: On Olga Tokarczuk’s “Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead”
Stephanie Sy-Quia reads the polemical and blackly humorous “Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead” by celebrated Polish novelist Olga Tokarczuk....
The Female Appetite: On Lara Williams’s “Supper Club”
Stephanie Sy-Quia samples Lara Williams’s “Supper Club.”...
Violence Against Women from Ancient Rome to Today: On Mithu Sanyal’s “Rape: From Lucretia to #MeToo”
Stephanie Sy-Quia reviews Mithu Sanyal’s history-crossing account of violence against women in “Rape: From Lucretia to #MeToo.”...
The New Madame Bovary: Leila Slimani’s “Adèle”
Stephanie Sy-Quia reviews Leïla Slimani's novel "Adèle," which is "masterfully taut and entirely gripping."...
To the Marrow of One’s Bones: On Walter Kempowski’s “Homeland”
Stephanie Sy-Quia considers “Homeland” by Walter Kempowski, translated from the German by Charlotte Collins....
Not a “No Comment” Person: On Lindsey Hilsum’s “In Extremis: The Life and Death of the War Correspondent Marie Colvin”
Stephanie Sy-Quia reviews “In Extremis: The Life and Death of the War Correspondent Marie Colvin” by Lindsey Hilsum....
