The New Politics of Desire The New Politics of Desire
In her new book, the philosopher Amia Srinivasan asks: “What would it take for sex really to be free?”
Mar 7, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Maggie Doherty
‘What Would It Mean to Think That Thought?’: The Era of Lauren Berlant ‘What Would It Mean to Think That Thought?’: The Era of Lauren Berlant
Four writers on the legacy of Berlant’s thinking both in the academy and in public life.
Jul 8, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Judith Butler, Maggie Doherty, Ajay Singh Chaudhary, and Gabriel Winant
Janet Malcolm’s Provocations Janet Malcolm’s Provocations
Her writing cut through propriety and pretentiousness and revealed us for who we are: desiring creatures, complicated and simple at once.
Jun 22, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Maggie Doherty
The Rise of Adjunct Lit The Rise of Adjunct Lit
How a bleak future in and out of the academy has produced a new kind of campus novel.
May 3, 2021 / 2021 Year in Review / Maggie Doherty
Mary Gaitskill’s Art of Loneliness Mary Gaitskill’s Art of Loneliness
Through her portraits of solitude, Gaitskill forces us to recognize those moments of subtle connection.
May 5, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Maggie Doherty
Rachel Cusk’s Struggle to Break Free Rachel Cusk’s Struggle to Break Free
In her Outline trilogy, the English novelist finds a freedom in art that she cannot locate in life.
Sep 27, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Maggie Doherty
Mary McCarthy’s Unsparing Honesty Mary McCarthy’s Unsparing Honesty
For McCarthy, accuracy was more than just a literary aesthetic; it was a moral and political position.
Dec 28, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Maggie Doherty
Grace Paley’s Crowded World Grace Paley’s Crowded World
In her life, as in her writing, the boundaries between the personal and the political were remarkably porous.
Jun 27, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Maggie Doherty