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BiographyFebruary 8, 2017
Marx’s Revenge
He may have lived a 19th-century life, but his ideas keep coming back with a vengeance.
Benjamin Kunkel
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FictionFebruary 3, 2005
Uneasy Rider
It’s not often that a new style appears in American prose, but this is what happened with John Haskell’s first book, a collection of short stories called I am not Jackson Pollock.
Benjamin Kunkel
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Autobiography and MemoirFebruary 12, 2004
Killing Time
From its unification in 1871 until its comprehensive defeat in 1945, Germany was the most bellicose and nationalistic of modern countries.
Benjamin Kunkel
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FictionMarch 14, 2002
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BiographyOctober 28, 1999
Slouching to the Ouija Board
“Does the imagination dwell the most/Upon a woman won or woman lost?” Yeats asked. For most of his readers and biographers, the answer has been clear: a woman lost.
Benjamin Kunkel
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FictionJune 17, 1999
Eat, Drink and Be Chary
J.M. Coetzee’s new novella, The Lives of Animals, must be some kind of first.
Benjamin Kunkel