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Marguerite Duras and the Violence of Writing
Katie Da Cunha Lewin reviews a new translation of Marguerite Duras’s major essays and nonfiction.
Memoir & Essay
"The older one grows, the more one likes indecency." — Virginia Woolf
Kicking Down Doors: On Timothy J. Hillegonds’s “The Distance Between”
Ryan Smernoff reviews Timothy J. Hillegonds’s debut memoir, “The Distance Between.”
Corruption Trickles Down: A Conversation with Sonya Bilocerkowycz
John Dixon Mirisola speaks to Sonya Bilocerkowycz about her debut collection of essays, “On Our Way Home from the Revolution: Reflections on Ukraine.”
Among the Felines: On Bohumil Hrabal’s “All My Cats”
Natalia Holtzman herds “All My Cats” by Bohumil Hrabal, translated from the Czech by Paul Wilson.
The Durassian Mysteries: On Marguerite Duras’s “Me & Other Writing”
Natasha Boyd reviews Marguerite Duras’s “Me & Other Writing,” out now from Dorothy, a publishing project.
The Father Never Goes Away: A Conversation with M. Randal O’Wain
M. Randal O’Wain discusses his new memoir and his working-class Southern roots.
An American Boy and His Jamaican Nanny: A Conversation with Ross Kenneth Urken
Aaron Shulman speaks to Ross Kenneth Urken about “Another Mother,” his memoir about life with the Jamaican woman who raised him and her life outside of him.
The Trauma of Pretending: On Adam P. Frankel’s “The Survivors”
A former Obama speechwriter struggles with the trauma of his mother’s mental illness.
Our Bodies, Ourselves: On Saeed Jones’s “How We Fight for Our Lives”
Richard Scott Larson considers “How We Fight for Our Lives” by Saeed Jones.
More Norwegian Family Scandal: A Conversation with Vigdis Hjorth
Hannah Williams talks with Vigdis Hjorth about her novel, “Will and Testament,” out now from Verso Fiction in a translation by Charlotte Barslund.
Political Masochism: On Trisha Low’s “Socialist Realism”
Andrew Duncan Waddell appreciates “Socialist Realism” by Trisha Low, which shows us the difficulty of “struggling correctly.”
The Ghosts That Have Always Been Here: Queer Abuse in Carmen Maria Machado’s “In the Dream House”
“In the Dream House” follows Carmen Maria Machado making sense of and shedding her silence around her abuse, creating space for others to do the same.
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