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A Galaxy of Monuments
Jill Schary Robinson visits “City of Immortals: Père-Lachaise Cemetery, Paris,” the recently published book by Carolyn Campbell.
Jill Schary RobinsonJan 15, 2021
- Around the World
- Art & Architecture
The Mythmaker Gazes at Himself: A Conversation with David Leo Rice
Matthew Specktor and author David Leo Rice discuss his book series, “A Room in Dodge City.”
Matthew SpecktorJan 12, 2021
- Fiction
The Institutional Gaze of the School
Griselda Pollock looks at "School Photos in Liquid Time," a new book by Marianne Hirsch and Leo Spitzer.
Griselda PollockAug 21, 2020
Gaia Versus the Anthropocene: A Conversation with Dorion Sagan
A celebrated ecological philosopher discusses climate change, the coronavirus, and the powers of the biosphere.
Greg RuggieroAug 19, 2020
- Science & Technology
Landfill Fodder: On Adam Minter’s “Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale”
How used consumer goods are becoming a worldwide environmental problem.
Susan CunninghamJun 4, 2020
- Around the World
- Nonfiction
High School Student, New Bride, Working Girl: The Social Uniforms Project Gazes Straight at Modern Korean Femininity
Colin Marshall considers gender performance and androgyny, and the Korean Instagram account The Social Uniforms Project.
Colin MarshallDec 23, 2018
Questions of Genre and Gender: Talking to Cristina Rivera Garza
Andy Fitch interviews Cristina Rivera Garza about her novel "The Taiga Syndrome" (translated by Suzanne Jill Levine and Aviva Kana).
Andy FitchDec 14, 2018
The Intense Atmospheres of Language: Cristina Rivera Garza’s “The Taiga Syndrome”
The mystery that Rivera Garza’s detective confronts is framed by primordial fear, a horror that can't be accounted for even by the most radical fairy tales.
Ignacio M. Sánchez PradoOct 9, 2018
- Around the World
- Fiction
Bruno Latour Tracks Down Gaia
Bruno Latour elaborates upon Gaia, a political biological theory concerning the Earth by James Lovelock.
Bruno LatourJul 3, 2018
- Philosophy & Religion
- Science & Technology
Hardly Navel-Gazing
Does existentialism still deserve our attention? On "The Existentialist’s Survival Guide: How to Live Authentically in an Inauthentic Age."
Edward F. MooneyMay 16, 2018
- Philosophy & Religion
- Religion
The Boy Who Stared Death in the Eye: On Gaito Gazdanov’s “The Beggar and Other Stories”
Eileen Battersby finds many riches in “The Beggar and Other Stories” by Gaito Gazdanov, translated from the Russian by Bryan Karetnyk.
Eileen BattersbyMay 15, 2018
- Around the World
- Fiction
Dissolving Identities: On Cristina Rivera Garza’s “The Iliac Crest”
Rachel Ballenger dwells in “The Iliac Crest,” a novel by Cristina Rivera Garza, translated by Sarah Booker.
Rachel BallengerFeb 14, 2018
- Fiction
- Gender & Sexuality
Shame, Porn, and Perversion: On Erica Garza’s “Getting Off”
Kristin Sanders talks about sex, addiction, and technology in her review of Erica Garza’s new memoir, “Getting Off.”
Kristin SandersFeb 5, 2018
- Gender & Sexuality
- Memoir & Essay
“When I’m Finished, They Won’t Even Know Your Name”: Kesha, Gaga, and the Grammys from #MeToo to #TimesUp and Beyond
Carie Schneider on Kesha’s show-stealing performance of “Praying" at the Grammy's.
Carie SchneiderJan 30, 2018
Beyond the Gaze: Reclaiming the Female Form After Nochlin
Linda Nochlin, best known for her essay “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists,” died last October. She left a monumental legacy in art criticism.
Mara NaselliJan 28, 2018
A Woman Looking at Chris Kraus Looking at Men: I Love Dick and Kraus’s Precarious Female Gaze
Callie Hitchcock considers the female gaze in "I Love Dick," both the television series and the novel by Chris Kraus.
Callie HitchcockJan 18, 2018