Literary Criticism

"Writing only leads to more writing." — Colette

Life Writing: Samuel Beckett’s Literature of Disorder
Amanda Dennis cracks open “Samuel Beckett Is Closed” by Michael Coffey.
Amanda DennisFeb 13, 2018
- Fiction
- Literary Criticism
Writing In Order to Live: On Maya Jasanoff’s “The Dawn Watch: Joseph Conrad in a Global World”
John Tytell ranges over “The Dawn Watch: Joseph Conrad in a Global World” by Maya Jasanoff.
John TytellFeb 10, 2018
Make This a Different Future: Reproductive Futurism and Its (Dis)contents
On Rebekah Sheldon's "The Child to Come: Life after the Human Catastrophe."
Veronica HollingerFeb 3, 2018
- Literary Criticism
- SF
Derrida’s Quarrel: “La Différance” at 50
Birger Vanwesenbeeck revisits Jacques Derrida’s famous lecture “La Différance” on its 50th anniversary.
Birger VanwesenbeeckJan 27, 2018
- Literary Criticism
- Philosophy & Religion
Reading Bad
Bruce Robbins reads Merve Emre's "Paraliterary: The Making of Bad Readers in Postwar America."
Bruce RobbinsJan 21, 2018
- Cultural Studies
- Literary Criticism
Breaking the Habit of Whiteness
“Race and Popular Fantasy Literature” offers a devastating case against fantasy.
De Witt Douglas KilgoreJan 20, 2018
- Literary Criticism
- SF
In the Flow: On Charles J. Rzepka’s “Being Cool: The Work of Elmore Leonard”
William Marling contemplates “Being Cool: The Work of Elmore Leonard” by Charles J. Rzepka.
William MarlingJan 17, 2018
- Literary Criticism
- Noir
Francine Prose’s Problem
Gina Apostol objects to Francine Prose’s objections to Sadia Shepard.
Gina ApostolJan 17, 2018
The Re-Re-Rewriter: Octavia E. Butler and the MAYBE Book
A new book on Octavia Butler and her lost manuscripts.
Rebecca J. HoldenJan 13, 2018
Thinking Weirdly with China Miéville
On two recent books dissecting the works of China Miéville.
Zak BronsonJan 13, 2018
- Literary Criticism
- SF
You Are Without Land, Without Love
Pericles Lewis ventures through Maya Jasanoff's "The Dawn Watch: Joseph Conrad in a Global World."
Pericles LewisDec 24, 2017
- Literary Criticism
“Israel Potter”; or, the Excrescence
On Melville’s neglected “epic of the piecemeal.”
Colin DayanDec 19, 2017
- Fiction
- Literary Criticism