Benjamin Lytal

Benjamin Lytal lives in Brooklyn, New York, and teaches at the Pratt Institute. He has written for the Los Angeles Times, The Believer and Bookforum.

Currently

  • Iron Hans

    June 24, 2009

    Novelist Hans Fallada resented the constraints of the Nazi era but did not desist in his craft.

2008

  • Unreal City

    November 6, 2008

    An appraisal of Rainer Maria Rilke's novel, The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge.

  • The Age of the Wooden Spoon

    May 8, 2008 Subscribe

    The radical subjectivity and reckless politics of Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun find new expression in recent English translations and editions.

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Blogs

» The Beat

House Is Poised to Pass Health Reform Bill | “Today we will pass the Affordable Health Care for America Act," declares Pelosi.
John Nichols
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» Editor's Cut

Around The Nation | Obama, one year on. Plus: Jeremy Scahill takes your questions, and a new video series from The Nation.
Katrina vanden Heuvel

» The Notion

Injustice in Illinois | Prosecutors in Illinois should be more concerned with an innocent man behind bars than journalism students' grades.
Ari Berman
27 Comments

» The Dreyfuss Report

Obama Fails in Middle East | Clinton delivers the ultimate diss to Abbas.
Robert Dreyfuss
123 Comments

» Act Now!

Equality Across America | This week, young LBGT activists are staging a National Week of Initiative.
Peter Rothberg
16 Comments

» Altercation

Slacker Thursday | Dying laptops, recapping the election, the Dow, and the Yankees with the World Series.
Eric Alterman