Alex Ronan

is a writer and reporter from New York.

Just Because It’s Natural Doesn’t Mean It’s Moral: A Conversation With Alan Levinovitz

Just Because It’s Natural Doesn’t Mean It’s Moral: A Conversation With Alan Levinovitz Just Because It’s Natural Doesn’t Mean It’s Moral: A Conversation With Alan Levinovitz

In his new book, he explores the bad fads, science, and laws that have arisen from an undying trust in what is considered “natural.”

May 7, 2020 / Q&A / Alex Ronan

An Astonishing New Cancer Memoir Brings Radical Politics to the Genre

An Astonishing New Cancer Memoir Brings Radical Politics to the Genre An Astonishing New Cancer Memoir Brings Radical Politics to the Genre

Anne Boyer’s The Undying insists on a Marxist and feminist reading of the disease, opposing narratives confined to individual triumph or tragedy.

Sep 16, 2019 / Alex Ronan

In Elvia Wilk’s ‘Oval,’ Berlin Is Where the Late Capitalist Apocalypse Finally Happens

In Elvia Wilk’s ‘Oval,’ Berlin Is Where the Late Capitalist Apocalypse Finally Happens In Elvia Wilk’s ‘Oval,’ Berlin Is Where the Late Capitalist Apocalypse Finally Happens

Her debut novel is a cutting satire of a future in which corporate doublespeak, art-world pedants, and climate change threaten to undo the German capital. 

Jun 4, 2019 / Alex Ronan

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