December 20, 1968: John Steinbeck Dies December 20, 1968: John Steinbeck Dies
“I have no doubt that, being human, he enjoys praise, but he has consistently shunned the mechanics and functionaries of publicity.”
Dec 20, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
Finally, a Comic Series As Ridiculous as the 2016 GOP Field Finally, a Comic Series As Ridiculous as the 2016 GOP Field
A scandal-prone, dark-horse presidential candidate turned front-runner stars in Citizen Jack. Sound familiar?
Dec 3, 2015 / Loren A. Lynch
Border Characters Border Characters
The Mexican novelist Yuri Herrera talks about the first English translation of one of his novels, the Mexica afterlife, and Dante.
Dec 2, 2015 / Aaron Bady
November 28, 1960: Richard Wright Dies November 28, 1960: Richard Wright Dies
“Mr. Wright’s style often reminds one of a stream ‘riled’ by a heavy storm.”
Nov 28, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
Real, Realist, Realistic, and False Real, Realist, Realistic, and False
Linda Rosenkrantz’s 1968 quasi-novel Talk reminds us that wry self-awareness and anxious fragility are hardly millennial inventions.
Nov 25, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Becca Rothfeld
Splinterlands: The View From 2050 Splinterlands: The View From 2050
A dystopian fictional tour of the world that awaits us.
Nov 10, 2015 / John Feffer
Not the Word, but the Thing Itself Not the Word, but the Thing Itself
With each successive work, Clarice Lispector polished her prose until it shimmered with a taut irregularity.
Nov 5, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Ava Kofman
Her Writing Knows Things About Us That Most of Us Will Never Imagine Her Writing Knows Things About Us That Most of Us Will Never Imagine
Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the publication of Jessica Hagedorn’s groundbreaking novel Dogeaters.
Oct 30, 2015 / Walter Mosley
October 18, 1851: Herman Melville’s ‘Moby-Dick’ Is Published October 18, 1851: Herman Melville’s ‘Moby-Dick’ Is Published
“Born in hell-fire, and baptized in an unspeakable name, ‘Moby-Dick’ reads like a great opium dream.”
Oct 18, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
Rot as Rapture, Filth as Rebellion Rot as Rapture, Filth as Rebellion
In Ottessa Moshfegh’s first full-length novel, the allure of dissolution is that it demands nothing.
Oct 15, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Katie Ryder