Everyone’s a CriticRichard Joseph interrogates the contemporary life of the critical hatchet job....RICHARD JOSEPHLITERARY CRITICISM
Semipublic Intellectual Sessions: “Under Review”A transcript of the panel discussion "Under Review" — a conversation in the Semipublic Intellectual Sessions, which took place on November 4....AARON BADY, BORIS DRALYUK, JANE HU, CHRISTIAN LORENTZEN, JULIAN LUCAS, ISMAIL MUHAMMADLITERARY CRITICISM
“Only Lovers Live in the Present”: On the Notebooks of Patricia HighsmithThe noir author’s personal notebooks have a claim to be her life’s major work....ROBERT MINTOLITERARY CRITICISM
Sankofa and the Afterlives of MakererePanashe Chigumadzi considers the generation that emerged after the Makerere University for the Conference of African Writers of English Expression....PANASHE CHIGUMADZILITERARY CRITICISM
Relentless Erudition: On Seamus Deane’s “Small World: Ireland, 1798–2018”The final collection of essays from a great Irish scholar....CONOR MCCARTHYLITERARY CRITICISM
Who Controls the Narrative?: On David M. Higgins’s “Reverse Colonization: Science Fiction, Imperial Fantasy, and Alt-Victimhood”Higgins’s new book examines the reactionary imagination in contemporary science fiction....BRIAN ATTEBERYLITERARY CRITICISM
Schadenfreude Without ShadeJosh Emmons tries to name an embarrassing feeling about art: the sad, amused, "not-schadenfreude" when excellent art is ignored....JOSH EMMONSLITERARY CRITICISM
Living in the World: Peter Brooks on BalzacBalzac’s great “Comédie humaine” offers a middle way between speculative fiction and autofiction....ELENA COMAY DEL JUNCOLITERARY CRITICISM
Literature as System: On Yuri TynianovMarjorie Perloff revisits the criticism of Russian Formalist Yuri Tynianov, whose essays have been collected in English for the first time....MARJORIE PERLOFFLITERARY CRITICISM
A Labor We Will Never SeeIt is very hard to talk properly about money in relation to creative work....KATIE DA CUNHA LEWINLITERARY CRITICISM
Love Objects: On the Poetry and Prose of Aaron KuninGriffin Shoglow-Rubenstein considers the “organizing concerns” of Aaron Kunin....GRIFFIN SHOGLOW-RUBENSTEINLITERARY CRITICISM
The Naïf Goes to the Everything Store: On Mark McGurl’s “Everything and Less”Dan Sinykin finds cautious hope in “Everything and Less: The Novel in the Age of Amazon” by Mark McGurl....DAN SINYKINLITERARY CRITICISM
The 14th-Century Sexual Revolution: On Guido Ruggiero’s “Love and Sex in the Time of Plague”Dan Turello considers "Love and Sex in the Time of Plague," the recently published book by Guido Ruggiero....DAN TURELLOLITERARY CRITICISM
What Is Literature For?: A Symposium on Angus Fletcher’s “Wonderworks”Keith P. Mankin, Ed Simon, and Erik J. Larson each review Angus Fletcher’s “Wonderworks,” and Fletcher responds....KEITH P. MANKIN, ED SIMON, ERIK J. LARSON, ANGUS FLETCHERLITERARY CRITICISM
On Autotheory and Autofiction: Staking GenreTeresa Carmody deliberates upon the feminist histories and radical possibilities of autotheory and autofiction....TERESA CARMODYLITERARY CRITICISM
Realist MagicFrancesco D’Isa is entranced by “Theatre, Magic and Philosophy” by Gabriela Dragnea Horvath....FRANCESCO D’ISALITERARY CRITICISM
What It Was Like: An Excerpt from Frances Wilson’s “Burning Man: The Trials of D. H. Lawrence”LARB presents an excerpt from Frances Wilson’s “Burning Man: The Trials of D. H. Lawrence.”...FRANCES WILSONLITERARY CRITICISM
On Pedagogies and Fictions of Black Childhood: Kandice Chuh, William A. Cohen, and Nicole King in ConversationWilliam A. Cohen, Nicole King, and Kandice Chuh discuss the fiction of Black childhood....KANDICE CHUH, NICOLE KING, WILLIAM A. COHENLITERARY CRITICISM
Race and Antiracism in Science and the HumanitiesMichell Chresfield and Josie Gill discuss the ways in which scientists and humanists can approach race and antiracism....MICHELL CHRESFIELD, JOSIE GILLLITERARY CRITICISM
“Flipping” the History of Literary StudiesJohn Guillory ventures through "The Teaching Archive," the new history of literary studies by Rachel Sagner Buurma and Laura Heffernan....JOHN GUILLORYLITERARY CRITICISM
Hollywood Is Thy NameTwo new books explore the movies Hollywood made about Hollywood movies....CHARLES MUSSERLITERARY CRITICISM
Once Upon a Time: On Margreta de Grazia’s “Four Shakespearean Period Pieces”Rhodri Lewis evaluates "Four Shakespearean Period Pieces," the latest book from Margreta de Grazia....RHODRI LEWISLITERARY CRITICISM
The Literary RedlineEmanuela Kucik reviews Richard Jean So’s data history of racism in American publishing....EMANUELA KUCIKLITERARY CRITICISM
Of Poets and Critics: A Conversation Between Anahid Nersessian and Michael RobbinsAnahid Nersessian talks with Michael Robbins about what the last year has taught us....ANAHID NERSESSIAN, MICHAEL ROBBINSLITERARY CRITICISM
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