Ben Ehrenreich
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FictionFebruary 4, 2016
Vladimir Sorokin’s Absurdist Excess
Even the Russian author’s most sincere explorations tend toward brutal deadpan satire, cartoonish extremes of violence, comically unsexy sex, and flatulence.
Ben Ehrenreich
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October 1, 2015
Literature as Map to Liberty
In John Keene’s ambitious new volume of stories, resistance is required because exile isn’t an option.
Ben Ehrenreich
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FictionApril 30, 2014
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Autobiography and MemoirFebruary 5, 2013
Making Strange: On Victor Shklovsky
A Russian novelist’s fight, in life and art, to see the world afresh in all its cruelty and splendor.
Ben Ehrenreich
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CultureMay 16, 2012
The Ravaging Nothing: On László Krasznahorkai
Satantango will devour you, you and everything you know.
Ben Ehrenreich
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CultureDecember 6, 2011
Eels Über Alles: On Julio Cortázar
A novelist’s lyrical attempt to measure the immeasurable.
Ben Ehrenreich
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CultureDecember 16, 2010
An Inventory of the Missing: On Frederic Tuten
Frederic Tuten's Self Portraits is a backward glance on life that's vital, wistful and filled with sweet ache.
Ben Ehrenreich
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FictionNovember 4, 2010
Texts for Nothing? On Tom McCarthy
With C, Tom McCarthy asks us to see fiction as a crafty and adventurous playmate unafraid of its mortality.
Ben Ehrenreich
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Non-fictionAugust 25, 2010
The Book of Amos: On Gideon Levy
Because of Gaza, "everything is tainted" in Israel, according to Gideon Levy.
Ben Ehrenreich
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ActivismJuly 15, 2010
How to Survive the Crisis (Organize!)
At the US Social Forum, activists discuss how to meet basic needs—and take on the system.
Ben Ehrenreich