Andrew Schenker

Andrew Schenker lives in Upstate New York.

Articles

When We No Longer Believe: On Rachel Cusk’s “Second Place”
Rachel Cusk’s new novel is an uneasy exercise in philosophical abstraction.
Andrew SchenkerMay 10, 2021
- Fiction
Wandering Ways
Toward a discursive, essayistic mode of lecturing.
Andrew SchenkerOct 20, 2020
- Memoir & Essay
Circling Back to My Failures and Errata: Kate Zambreno’s “Drifts”
Andrew Schenker gets caught in “Drifts,” the new novel from Kate Zambreno.
Andrew SchenkerMay 19, 2020
- Fiction
“Because She Meant God and We Meant Something Else”: On Susan Steinberg’s “Machine”
Andrew Schenker reviews Susan Steinberg’s novel, “Machine,” which dares its readers to find meaning along with its narrator.
Andrew SchenkerSep 14, 2019
- Fiction
A Wonder-Filled Compendium: On Robert Kirk’s “The Secret Commonwealth: Of Elves, Fauns, and Fairies”
A new edition of Robert Kirk’s classic anatomy of fairyland.
Andrew SchenkerJun 30, 2019
- History
- Religion
A Mind in Transit: Marina Benjamin on Insomnia
A memoir on the liminal state of sleeplessness and “mind wandering.”
Andrew SchenkerJan 2, 2019
- Memoir & Essay
The Work of Historical Witness: Józef Czapski’s “Lost Time” and “Inhuman Land”
Andrew Schenker celebrates the recovery of “Lost Time: Lectures on Proust in a Soviet Prison Camp” and “Inhuman Land” by Józef Czapski.
Andrew SchenkerDec 18, 2018
- Around the World
- Memoir & Essay
One World into Another
On the seriousness of play and the weirdness of “The Nutcracker.”
Andrew SchenkerJul 3, 2018
- Memoir & Essay
The Limits of Metaphor: Jeannie Vanasco’s “The Glass Eye”
Andrew Schenker appreciates “The Glass Eye” by Jeannie Vanasco, a memoir that explores the search for meaning and the limits of metaphor.
Andrew SchenkerOct 10, 2017
- Memoir & Essay
I’m Glad That Happened to You
Andrew Schenker explores Aaron Gilbreath's inner life.
Andrew SchenkerNov 29, 2016
- Memoir & Essay