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The Truth Was Out There: On the Legacy of Art Bell
Jesse Robertson considers the legacy of insomnia-prone radio host Art Bell.
Memoir & Essay
"The older one grows, the more one likes indecency." — Virginia Woolf
Private Domain: On Ada Calhoun’s “Also a Poet”
Alec Pollak reviews Ada Calhoun’s ”Also a Poet: Frank O'Hara, My Father, and Me.”
The Avenging Goddess of Screenwriters: Remembering Mary C. McCall Jr.
J. E. Smyth commemorates a landmark anniversary of forgotten screenwriter and guild president, the sharp-tongued, blacklisted Mary McCall.
A Third Space: On Karen Cheung’s “The Impossible City”
Jimin Kang reviews Karen Cheung’s “The Impossible City: A Hong Kong Memoir.”
Unexpected Sledgehammer: Noel Ignatiev’s Communist Education
Dylan Davis and Patrick King discuss the impact of Noel Ignatiev on the US labor movement through his books such as “Acceptable Men: Life in the World’s Largest Steel Mill” and “Treason to Whiteness Is Loyalty to Humanity.”
Castle King Side: On Stefan Zweig’s “Chess Story”
Adam Dalva confronts his online chess addiction via Stefan Zweig’s “Chess Story.”
Identity Is a Flexible Category: A Conversation with Sorayya Khan
Torsa Ghosal talks with Sorayya Khan about her new memoir, “We Take Our Cities with Us.”
A Day in Radomsko
A report on Louise Steinman’s book launch in Poland and the larger project of Polish-Jewish reconciliation.
The Dreariness of Book Club Discussions
Book clubs are wildly popular, but, Naomi Kanakia asks, what use are they, really?
The Silence About Menstruation: A Conversation with Rachel Kauder Nalebuff
Eleanor J. Bader talks with Rachel Kauder Nalebuff about her new collection “Our Red Book: Intimate Histories of Periods, Growing & Changing.”
Literature Versus Content: On Dubravka Ugrešić’s “Thank You for Not Reading”
Eric Vanderwall reviews the reissue of Dubravka Ugrešić 2003 book “Thank You for Not Reading: Essays on Literary Trivia,” translated by Celia Hawkesworth and Damion Searles.
When One of Us Dies: On Mathieu Lindon’s “Hervelino”
Edmée Lepercq reviews Mathieu Lindon’s memoir “Hervelino,” translated by Jeffrey Zuckerman.
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