The Ardor of Tessa Hadley The Ardor of Tessa Hadley
Her novels are masterful domestic dramas that obsess over the mechanics of adultery and illicit passion.
May 25, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Sophie Haigney
Jeremy Cooper’s Art of Ambiguities Jeremy Cooper’s Art of Ambiguities
His epistolary novel Bolt From the Blue is a sort of Künstlerroman about artistic inspiration, parenthood, and the frustrations of interpretation.
Jul 20, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Sophie Haigney
How ‘Things’ In Fiction Shape the Way We Read How ‘Things’ In Fiction Shape the Way We Read
Sarah Wasserman’s recent book looks at how the objects we take for granted in stories can reveal even deeper meaning.
Apr 13, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Sophie Haigney
Celia Paul Sits for Her Own Portrait Celia Paul Sits for Her Own Portrait
The painter’s memoir Self-Portrait is a revelation.
Nov 9, 2020 / Sophie Haigney
Rewriting Roman Myths From the Perspective of Their Victims Rewriting Roman Myths From the Perspective of Their Victims
Nina MacLaughlin reimagines Metamorphoses from the perspective of the women in the text, exploring sexual violence, agency, and power dynamics of all kinds.
Jan 6, 2020 / Sophie Haigney
Rachel Monroe’s Elegant Dissection of True Crime Fanaticism Rachel Monroe’s Elegant Dissection of True Crime Fanaticism
In Savage Appetites, she sketches an unconventional history of some of the 21st century’s most notable and horrific crimes—through the eyes of women on the edges of these acts.
Aug 28, 2019 / Sophie Haigney
Museums’ Recent Tech Obsession Does Not Compute Museums’ Recent Tech Obsession Does Not Compute
A spate of recent shows, including one at MoMA about the material and cultural role of 21st-century technology, shows how little the art world understands its buzziest new interest...
May 6, 2019 / Sophie Haigney