Literature at Work: A Conversation with Derek Attridge
Francesco Giusti discusses literary criticism and theory with Derek Attridge, author of “The Work of Literature.”...
An American Literary Hero’s Complicated Homecoming
In “Atticus Finch, The Biography,” historian Joseph Crespino exposes the complications of an American literary icon....
The Voices of Hayden White
Amy Elias reminds us of what we have lost with the passing of Hayden White, one of the great humanist minds of our time....
Sharp but Narrow
Jacquelyn Ardam reviews Michelle Dean’s “Sharp: The Women Who Made an Art Out of Having an Opinion.”...
“The Genius to Glue Them Together”: On René Girard and His Ideas
An excerpt from Cynthia L. Haven’s “Evolution of Desire: A Life of René Girard,” which will appear from Michigan State University Press on April 1....
Word and Deed: On Lynn Ellen Patyk’s “Written in Blood: Revolutionary Terrorism and Russian Literary Culture, 1861–1881”
Chelsea C. Gibson on “Written in Blood: Revolutionary Terrorism and Russian Literary Culture, 1861–1881” by Lynn Ellen Patyk....
Getting to the Middle of Nowhere: On Jon K. Lauck’s “From Warm Center to Ragged Edge”
Stephanie Foote navigates “From Warm Center to Ragged Edge: The Erosion of Midwestern Literary and Historical Regionalism, 1920–1965” by Jon K. Lauck....
Remaking the University: Geoffrey Galt Harpham on Democracy and Interpretation in the United States
What do Frederick Douglass and the New Criticism have in common?...
Ephemeral Style
Colin Vanderburg on Brent Hayes Edwards’s “Epistrophies: Jazz and the Literary Imagination.”...
Whose Survival Is Wrapped Up in Mine: An Interview with Benjamin Bateman
Alex Espinoza talks with Benjamin Bateman about his new book, “The Modernist Art of Queer Survival.”...
Literatainment: A Personal Breakthrough
Ryan McIlvain reflects on the possibilities of merging high-brow literature with low-brow entertainment....
Life Writing: Samuel Beckett’s Literature of Disorder
Amanda Dennis cracks open “Samuel Beckett Is Closed” by Michael Coffey....
