Has Contemporary Fiction Ignored the Working Class? Has Contemporary Fiction Ignored the Working Class?
Claire Baglin’s bracing On the Clock gives its readers a close look at work behind the fry station, and in the process asks what experiences are missing from mainstream letters.
Feb 26, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Rachel Vorona Cote
Alba de Céspedes’s Marriage Plot Polemic Alba de Céspedes’s Marriage Plot Polemic
In the Cuban-Italian novelist’s Her Side of the Story, she confronts the falsity of romantic love.
Oct 9, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Rachel Vorona Cote
Oscar Wilde’s Art of Disobedience Oscar Wilde’s Art of Disobedience
Revisiting his critical writing, we learn a valuable lesson about the critic’s role in refusing bad taste and bad politics.
Oct 9, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Rachel Vorona Cote
The Passion and Agony of the Bibliophile The Passion and Agony of the Bibliophile
Following an ardent and obsessive reader, Claire-Louise Bennett’s Checkout 19 asks if one can find all the things they need in life in a book.
Jun 6, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Rachel Vorona Cote
Is There a Better Way to Tell the Story of Nonhuman Life? Is There a Better Way to Tell the Story of Nonhuman Life?
Thalia Field’s Personhood challenges us to examine how human language has made it harder to care for the natural world.
Sep 23, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Rachel Vorona Cote
What We Talk About When We Talk About Catastrophe What We Talk About When We Talk About Catastrophe
In Elisa Gabbert’s new essay collection, she tries to untangle the fickle and contradictory ways humans deal with disaster.
Aug 27, 2020 / Rachel Vorona Cote