Jacob Mikanowski is a writer based in Berkeley, California. More of his work can be found here.
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES
A Silver Thread: Islam in Eastern Europe
Jacob Mikanowski traces the silver thread of Islam in the tapestry of Eastern European culture....
The Southern Curtain: Kapka Kassabova’s “Border”
Jacob Mikanowski on Kapka Kassabova’s travel memoir “Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe.”...
Wine, Olive Oil, and Wisteria: A Sensual Tour of the “City of Lions”
Jacob Mikanowski follows Józef Wittlin through the “City of Lions.”...
Goodbye, Eastern Europe!
Jacob Mikanowski shares a few lessons about a vanishing Eastern Europe....
"Fargo," Season 2: One Hour Ahead of the Posse
Jacob Mikanowski on the Coen Brothers and FX's Fargo...
Sunshine of Absolute Neglect
Contributor Jacob Mikanowski reviews Dave Hickey's "Pirates and Farmers."...
The Numinous Dead
Jacob Mikanowski on Paul Koudounaris's new book....
“True Detective”: Down the Bayou (Far From Any Road)
Landscape, sacrifice, and American horror...
Papyralysis
Are paper books becoming obsolete in the digital age, or poised to lead a new cultural renaissance?...
American Caliban: On P.T. Anderson’s “The Master”
Of Master and disciple, an 'unresolved love story'...
Sculpting in Time: Geoff Dyer on Tarkovsky
On Geoff Dyer and Andrei Tarkovsky, 'cinema's great poet of stillness'...
Decay is the Way Dead Things Live
It’s hard not to read this as a profession of artistic faith, of Schulz’s conviction in an art made out of scraps and remnants....
