Literary Criticism

"Writing only leads to more writing." — Colette

Print Matters: On Jennifer Buckley’s “Beyond Text” and Heidi R. Bean’s “Acts of Poetry”
Elizabeth Wiet considers two new books that imagine new ways of using print and text within performance.
Elizabeth WietApr 24, 2020
- Art & Architecture
- Literary Criticism
Going Global: The Literature That Slavery Makes
Crystal Parikh reviews “Runaway Genres: The Global Afterlives of Slavery,” the new book from Yogita Goyal.
Crystal ParikhApr 21, 2020
- Around the World
- Literary Criticism
The Provincial Reader
Sumana Roy reflects on the loss — or the proliferation — of the provincial reader.
Sumana RoyApr 19, 2020
The Palimpsest of Language: On Steven G. Kellman’s “Nimble Tongues: Studies in Literary Translingualism”
A new study of the pleasures and pitfalls confronting translingual writers.
Piotr FlorczykApr 10, 2020
- Literary Criticism
Preserving the Poetic Dimension: A Conversation with Deborah Dawkin and Erik Skuggevik
Two premier translators on the pleasures and pitfalls of rendering Ibsen into English.
Kathleen Maris PaltrineriMar 28, 2020
Latinidad in the Age of Trump: On Ricardo Ortiz’s “Latinx Literature Now”
Renee Hudson considers Ricardo L. Ortiz's "Latinx Literature Now: Between Evanescence and Event."
Renee HudsonMar 24, 2020
Dodging the Censor
A new book about the impact of literary censorship in the long 18th century.
Jake FuchsMar 20, 2020
Institution Building: On Anna Kornbluh’s “The Order of Forms”
Victoria Baena considers "The Order of Forms," a new book by Anna Kornbluh.
Victoria BaenaMar 15, 2020
- Literary Criticism
Rhetorical Questions: On “Long Live Latin” and the Evolution of Style
Will Boast roams through Nicola Gardini’s “Long Live Latin,” translated from the Italian by Todd Portnowitz.
Will BoastMar 10, 2020
Squeezing the Slave Out Drop by Drop: Vivian Gornick’s “Unfinished Business”
Emily LaBarge on the pleasures of reading Vivian Gornick rereading.
Emily LaBargeFeb 19, 2020
- Literary Criticism
- Memoir & Essay
The Uneasy Afterlife of John Okada
Christopher Lee discusses the legacy of John Okada.
Christopher LeeFeb 10, 2020
- Literary Criticism
On Being Raised by New Critics in a Small Indian Town
What literary studies lost when the New Critics were dethroned.
Sumana RoyFeb 8, 2020
- Around the World
- Literary Criticism