Freddie Outside the Bronx: Frederic Tuten’s “My Young Life”
Reading Frederic Tuten's "My Young Life," you’re aware of just how easily this might have been a dilettante’s memoir....
The Many Explanations: On Siri Hustvedt’s “Memories of the Future”
Elena Goukassian reviews Siri Hustvedt's new novel and discusses why it falls in the category of Trump-era political fiction....
TMI: Confession and Performance
Brian Glavey reviews Christopher Grobe’s “The Art of Confession:The Performance of Self from Robert Lowell to Reality TV.”...
The Peculiar Objecthood of the “Yellow Woman”
Sunny Xiang reviews Anne Anlin Cheng's "Ornamentalism."...
To the Marrow of One’s Bones: On Walter Kempowski’s “Homeland”
Stephanie Sy-Quia considers “Homeland” by Walter Kempowski, translated from the German by Charlotte Collins....
A Fine Green Thread
A new collection of essays by and about Irish-American writers in New York....
“The History of Your Private Life”: On Peter Mishler’s “Fludde”
Matt Morton considers “Fludde” by Peter Mishler....
Apocalyptic Aesthetic: On Agustín Fernández Mallo’s “The Nocilla Trilogy”
Science as a fiction-producing method shapes "The Nocilla Trilogy," paving the way to reimagining what true interdisciplinarity looks like....
The Beginning Is Never Behind Us: On Christos Ikonomou’s “Good Will Come From the Sea”
"Good Will Come From the Sea" is a premonition of a world to come, far more than it is a paternalistic exposé of present-day Greece....
A Raucous Festival: On Matt Richtel’s “An Elegant Defense: The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System: A Tale in Four Lives”
Dan Friedman appreciates “An Elegant Defense: The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System: A Tale in Four Lives” by Matt Richtel....
When Speaking Is Not Enough: On Laurie Halse Anderson’s “Shout”
A new verse memoir about sexual abuse uses poetry to indict and heal....
Making It by Faking It
A new memoir about a youthful career as a fake classical violinist....
