Erin Vanderhoof

Erin Vanderhoof is the assistant books editor at O magazine.

Laetitia Sadier

Laetitia Sadier’s New Alliance Laetitia Sadier’s New Alliance

The Laetitia Sadier Source Ensemble is a great argument for the type of experimentation that only comes from a solid knowledge of music history and decades of experience making it.

Apr 7, 2017 / Erin Vanderhoof

Austra’s Ear for the Moment

Austra’s Ear for the Moment Austra’s Ear for the Moment

The band’s new album calls for the future by harkening to the past.

Feb 16, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Erin Vanderhoof

Yaa Gyasi

Leaving Home to Go Home Leaving Home to Go Home

Yaa Gyasi’s ideas about fiction are suffused with her lifelong attention to the fluctuating shadows that race casts on American life.

Aug 12, 2016 / Erin Vanderhoof

Rebecca Schiff

What Rebecca Schiff Knows What Rebecca Schiff Knows

Her most obvious forebear in minimalist stories is Lydia Davis. But Schiff is certainly charting her own path.

Jun 17, 2016 / Erin Vanderhoof

Portrait of Thomas Jefferson

Stephen O’Connor Dreams of Thomas Jefferson Stephen O’Connor Dreams of Thomas Jefferson

Even as it condemns Jefferson for his immoral conduct, O’Connor’s novel still holds him up as a hero.

May 20, 2016 / Erin Vanderhoof

Beyoncé

Beyoncé With the Good Art Beyoncé With the Good Art

Is it possible that the most hyped pop performer of our era could also be avant-garde?

May 9, 2016 / Erin Vanderhoof

Callan Wink

Callan Wink’s New West and Old Feelings Callan Wink’s New West and Old Feelings

In Dog Run Moon, disaster strikes everyone, even those who are right living.

Apr 19, 2016 / Beneath the Radar / Erin Vanderhoof

Her Name Is Lucy Barton

Her Name Is Lucy Barton Her Name Is Lucy Barton

For all the plot devices that novelist Elizabeth Strout uses, My Name Is Lucy Barton’s successes rest on the protagonist’s voice.

Mar 22, 2016 / Erin Vanderhoof

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