Making Meaning out of Randomness: On Sheila Heti’s “Alphabetical Diaries”
Julia Berick reviews Sheila Heti’s “Alphabetical Diaries.”
Julia Berick reviews Sheila Heti’s “Alphabetical Diaries.”
On this special episode, hosts Medaya Ocher, Kate Wolf, and Eric Newman talk about the ethics and politics of memoir in the wake of several recent...
Anabelle Johnston reviews Don Mee Choi’s “Mirror Nation.”
Forrest Gander reviews Eliot Weinberger’s “The Life of Tu Fu.”
In the musical justice system, shoegaze is represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the fans who brought earplugs and the bands who...
Martin Laflamme reviews three recent books that help understand the opening of China during the 1980s–2000s, and its closing again under Xi Jinping’s...
Nine poets and critics commemorate the late Lyn Hejinian.
Arvind Dilawar reviews Eugene M. Helveston’s “Death to Beauty: The Transformative History of Botox.”
Christopher T. Fan reviews Netflix’s new show “3 Body Problem.”
Greg Dillon says “BYE BYE” to insomnia and embraces the chaos of Kim Gordon’s dream dollar at the Regent Theater.
Eric Newman speaks with writer Tommy Orange about his novel “Wandering Stars,” a multigenerational epic that is both prequel and sequel to his...
Anna Gaca reviews Hanna Johansson’s “Antiquity.”
Edward Watts reviews Mary Beard’s “Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World.”
Fred Turner reviews Jane Kamensky’s “Candida Royalle and the Sexual Revolution: A History from Below.”
Jaelani Turner-Williams interviews Ben Greenman, co-author of Sly Stone’s “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin).”
Sameer Pandya traces the path of E. M. Forster’s classic novel in his own passage to India.