My Bondage, My Freedom My Bondage, My Freedom
Robert Walser's writing--opaque and ethereal, provoking and digressive--is finally being introduced to American readers.
Aug 23, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood
I Can’t Get No Satisfaction I Can’t Get No Satisfaction
Laura Kipnis's The Female Thing takes women to task for perpetuating the notion that they're vulnerable.
Nov 22, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood
Short Takes Short Takes
Reviews of Half of a Yellow Sun, St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves and The City Is a Rising Tide.
Sep 14, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Fatin Abbas and Christine Smallwood
Short Takes Short Takes
Stick Out Your Tongue. By Ma Jian. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 93 pp. $16.
Jul 13, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood and Katherine Ryder
Short Takes Short Takes
Reviews of novels by Anne Tyler, Chris Abani, and Rodrigo Fresan.
Jun 15, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Ruth Baldwin and Christine Smallwood
The Book of Daniels The Book of Daniels
Michel Houellebecq's The Possibility of an Island has at last landed on American shores, along with Pierre Mérot's Mammals.
May 11, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood
Christians Dodge Spears Christians Dodge Spears
NBC has abandoned, in the words of the American Family Association website , its plans to "Attack Christians with Spears." Britney Spears, that is. The pop sensation tur...
Feb 7, 2006 / The Notion / Christine Smallwood
Nothing Funny About These Cartoons Nothing Funny About These Cartoons
Muslims across Europe have taken offense to the Dutch editorial cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed; some countries have boycotted Danish goods and a few are up in arms--litera...
Feb 2, 2006 / The Notion / Christine Smallwood
The Blank Verses The Blank Verses
A Rick Moody novel is generally about one thing and that is Rick Moody's ability to write very long, occasionally graceful sentences.
Sep 22, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood
Out of Touch on ‘The OC’ Out of Touch on ‘The OC’
What makes Fox's The OC so addictive is its California-kissed story lines and appealing characters. But what is it about women the show doesn't understand?
Sep 14, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood