When Tolstoy Met Trollope: On Sophie Ratcliffe’s “Loss, a Love Story”
Bob Blaisdell reviews Sophie Ratcliffe’s “Loss, a Love Story: Imagined Histories and Brief Encounters.”
Bob Blaisdell reviews Sophie Ratcliffe’s “Loss, a Love Story: Imagined Histories and Brief Encounters.”
Bob BlaisdellApr 17
Sarah Moorhouse reviews Adam Phillips’s “On Giving Up.”
Sarah MoorhouseMar 26
Christopher Newfield reviews Bruce Robbins’s “Criticism and Politics: A Polemical Introduction.”
Christopher NewfieldMar 24
David Shipko reviews Veer Books’ new anthology “Corroding the Now: Poetry + Science/SF.”
David ShipkoMar 22
Ian Ellison reviews Katja Haustein’s “Alone with Others: An Essay on Tact in Five Modernist Encounters.”
Ian EllisonMar 20
T. M. Brown reviews Tricia Romano’s “The Freaks Came Out to Write: The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper That Changed...
T. M. BrownMar 15
Chris Molnar considers what it's like to be a writer today.
Chris MolnarMar 15
Eskor David Johnson reviews Cord Jefferson’s film “American Fiction.”
Eskor David JohnsonMar 9
Andrew Koenig reviews Alexander Manshel’s “Writing Backwards: Historical Fiction and the Reshaping of the American Canon.”
Andrew KoenigFeb 28
Caryl Emerson reviews Jacob Emery’s “The Vortex That Unites Us: Versions of Totality in Russian Literature.”
Caryl EmersonFeb 19
Tia Glista interviews Lauren Elkin about her new book “Art Monsters: Unruly Bodies in Feminist Art.”
Tia GlistaFeb 10
Jan Baetens uses Marjorie Perloff’s two latest books, “Circling the Canon: The Selected Book Reviews of Marjorie Perloff” and “Infrathin: An...
Jan BaetensJan 13
Bob Blaisdell examines the public life of autofiction icon Karl Ove Knausgaard.
Bob BlaisdellDec 30, 2023
Helena de Bres uses Tweedledee and Tweedledum as a lens onto twinhood.
Helena de BresDec 26, 2023
Alice Kelly reviews Chris Bachelder and Jennifer Habel’s “Dayswork.”
Alice KellyDec 16, 2023
Timothy S. Miller reviews Brian Attebery’s “Fantasy: How It Works.”
Timothy S. MillerDec 15, 2023
Todd Shy reviews Lawrence Buell’s “Henry David Thoreau: Thinking Disobediently” and Robert D. Richardson’s “Three Roads Back: How Emerson, Thoreau...
Todd ShyNov 7, 2023
Maya Hayda reviews Chang Yuchen’s “Coral Dictionary Vol. 1: 2019–2022.”
Maya HaydaNov 4, 2023
Hilary Plum situates Dan Sinykin’s “Big Fiction: How Conglomeration Changed the Publishing Industry and American Literature” among the ecosystem of...
Hilary PlumOct 24, 2023
Eliana Rozinov examines the figure of Midge as a mythical phenomenon, a pregnant doll, and a variation of the “promising young woman” trope.
Eliana RozinovOct 12, 2023
Eric Gudas reviews Susie Boyt’s “Loved and Missed.”
Eric GudasOct 11, 2023
Julia Lindsay reviews Joy Sanchez-Taylor’s “Diverse Futures: Science Fiction and Authors of Color.”
Julia LindsayOct 8, 2023
Salem James Martinez reviews Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s “Chain-Gang All-Stars.”
Salem James MartinezSep 29, 2023
Ariel Courage reviews Olga Ravn’s “My Work,” translated by Sophia Hersi Smith and Jennifer Russell.
Ariel CourageSep 26, 2023