When Tolstoy Met Trollope: On Sophie Ratcliffe’s “Loss, a Love Story”
Bob Blaisdell reviews Sophie Ratcliffe’s “Loss, a Love Story: Imagined Histories and Brief Encounters.”
Bob Blaisdell reviews Sophie Ratcliffe’s “Loss, a Love Story: Imagined Histories and Brief Encounters.”
Bob BlaisdellApr 17
Naa Oyo A. Kwate lauds Uché Blackstock’s grounded memoir about racism in medicine and denounces Constance Hilliard’s genetic explanation for Black...
Naa Oyo A. KwateApr 16
Josh Billings reviews Matthew J. C. Clark’s “Bjarki, Not Bjarki: On Floorboards, Love, and Irreconcilable Differences.”
Josh BillingsApr 11
Lazz Kinnamon reviews Constance Debré's "Playboy."
Lazz KinnamonApr 9
Leah Mandel reviews Emmeline Clein’s “Dead Weight: Essays on Hunger and Harm.”
Leah MandelApr 6
Mimi Howard reviews Iris Moon’s “Melancholy Wedgwood.”
Mimi HowardApr 3
Julia Berick reviews Sheila Heti’s “Alphabetical Diaries.”
Julia BerickApr 3
Nine poets and critics commemorate the late Lyn Hejinian.
Rae Armantrout, Kit Robinson, Carla Harryman, Alan Golding, Jeanne Heuving, Roberto Harrison, Vladimir Feshchenko, Abigail Lang, Barrett WattenMar 31
Jaelani Turner-Williams interviews Ben Greenman, co-author of Sly Stone’s “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin).”
Jaelani Turner-WilliamsMar 28
Sameer Pandya traces the path of E. M. Forster’s classic novel in his own passage to India.
Sameer PandyaMar 27
Courtney Tenz reviews Anna Gazmarian’s “Devout: A Memoir of Doubt.”
Courtney TenzMar 18
Herb Randall reviews Inna Faliks’s “Weight in the Fingertips: A Musical Odyssey from Soviet Ukraine to the World Stage.”
Herb RandallMar 18
Chris Molnar considers what it's like to be a writer today.
Chris MolnarMar 15
Adrienne Raphel reviews Anna Shechtman’s “The Riddles of the Sphinx: Inheriting the Feminist History of the Crossword Puzzle.”
Adrienne RaphelMar 14
Quyen Pham speaks with Mako Yoshikawa about her new memoir “Secrets of the Sun.”
Quyen PhamMar 14
Hans J. Rindisbacher ponders the work of the Black American expat Vincent O. Carter in his centennial year.
Hans J. RindisbacherMar 13
Tahneer Oksman reviews Sloane Crosley’s “Grief Is for People.”
Tahneer OksmanMar 8
Martin Dolan reviews Tessa Hulls’s “Feeding Ghosts.”
Martin DolanMar 7
Seo-Young Chu reviews Mimi Khúc’s “dear elia: Letters from the Asian American Abyss.”
Seo-Young ChuMar 5
Lisa Locascio Nighthawk reviews Leslie Jamison’s “Splinters: Another Kind of Love Story.”
Stephen Patrick Bell interviews Édouard Louis about his new book “Change.”
Stephen Patrick BellMar 3
Marius Sosnowski reviews Christopher Hitchens’s posthumous collection “A Hitch in Time: Reflections Ready for Reconsideration.”
Marius SosnowskiFeb 24
Bill Thompson reviews Phillip Lopate’s “A Year and a Day: An Experiment in Essays.”
Bill ThompsonFeb 24
James Perrin Warren reviews Kurt Caswell’s “Iceland Summer: Travels Along the Ring Road.”
James Perrin WarrenFeb 18