“The Most Exhilarating Moments of His Life”: On Charles Sprawson’s “Haunts of the Black Masseur: The Swimmer as Hero”
Antonia Cundy dives into “Haunts of the Black Masseur: The Swimmer as Hero” by Charles Sprawson....
From the Edge of the World: An Interview with Brian Phillips
Isaac Levy-Rubinett interviews Brian Phillips about his energetic essay collection, “Impossible Owls.”...
“When We Were Young”: On Jeanne McCulloch’s “All Happy Families”
Tom Teicholz wades into “All Happy Families,” a “shimmering gem of a memoir” by Jeanne McCulloch....
The Familiar Is Always Strange: Erica Trabold’s Lyric Essays
A debut collection of essays explores family, memory, space, and place....
The Sufferings of Nietzsche
Morten Høi Jensen contemplates the fruitful sufferings of Nietzsche, as chronicled in recent books by Sue Prideaux and John Kaag....
What Does Jill Soloway Want?
Meredith Maran takes a look at Jill Soloway’s new memoir, “She Wants It,” which delves into the noted director and writer’s political awakening....
My Favorite Year: In Los Angeles with Eve Babitz in 1971
Dan Wakefield recalls his favorite year, spent with Eve Babitz in her city....
Anna Maria Ortese’s Unforgiving Vision in “Neapolitan Chronicles”
Eloisa Morra unmasks the challenging nature of Anna Maria Ortese’s classic fiction-reportage hybrid “Neapolitan Chronicles.”...
On Reading Jonathan Gold
Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft remembers Jonathan Gold, who helped him fall in love with Los Angeles....
The Violence of Autobiography: Julián Herbert’s “Tomb Song”
Tomb Song provides a powerful introduction to Herbert, and is, in itself, one of the most significant Latin American literary works of the decade....
Cynical Satire and Civic Optimism Across the American Heartland
Danielle Charette read-trips through Gary Shteyngart’s “Lake Success” and James and Deborah Fallows’s “Our Towns.”...
M Is for Mother
Kate Martin Rowe reads Kim Adrian's glossary-memoir, "The Twenty-Seventh Letter of the Alphabet."...
