Portrait of a Coterie
Felix Bernstein's debut essay collection, "Notes on Post-Conceptual Poetry," is not what you would expect from a 23-year-old, Brooklyn-based writer and artist.
Memoir & Essay
"The older one grows, the more one likes indecency." — Virginia Woolf
“You Learn Things When You’re Ready to Learn Them”
Kemp Powers interviews the author Clifford Thompson about his latest book "Twin of Darkness."
Brautigan Will Be Brautigan
Retracing Brautigan's tracks allows Allison Green to "grapple" with Brautigan's indifference to the female character in "Trout Fishing," as well as her own.
Taking Care
Barbara Taylor's "The Last Asylum" is a gripping account of her own madness and a historical reflection on asylums and the implication of their demise.
Not Ideas About the Thing But the Thing Itself: A Visit to the 2015 Aspen Ideas Festival
The Aspen Ideas Festival is an annual weeklong gathering of scientists, scholars, artists, politicians, historians, educators, activists, writers …
The Dead, the Wounded, and the Lost
"The Dead Ladies Project" is Jessa Crispin's account of two years spent traveling the world and reading up on some of her favorite artists and writers.
Puzzles, Form, Compassion, and Humor
Make Us Happy: On Joseph Luzzi’s “In a Dark Wood”
Joseph Luzzi's "In a Dark Wood" explores the significance of Dante's "Divine Comedy" on his personal life.
Witches Brew (or the Perfect Coffee Shop Companion)
"Um, is Patti Smith a Crazy Cat Lady?"
Family History
"It's difficult today to think of lobotomy as surgery, and not torture."
Endless Surprises: An Interview with Kurt Caswell
John Lane interviews Kurt Caswell.
Living Space: Socialist Blocks as Homes
Socialist blocks as they stand today are not dead and decaying. They are regularly remolded by the changing communities that inhabit them.
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