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FictionMay 25, 2022
The Ardor of Tessa Hadley
Her novels are masterful domestic dramas that obsess over the mechanics of adultery and illicit passion.
Sophie Haigney
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FictionJuly 20, 2021
Jeremy Cooper’s Art of Ambiguities
His epistolary novel Bolt From the Blue is a sort of Künstlerroman about artistic inspiration, parenthood, and the frustrations of interpretation.
Sophie Haigney
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FictionApril 13, 2021
How ‘Things’ In Fiction Shape the Way We Read
Sarah Wasserman’s recent book looks at how the objects we take for granted in stories can reveal even deeper meaning.
Sophie Haigney
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Books and IdeasJanuary 6, 2020
Rewriting Roman Myths From the Perspective of Their Victims
Nina MacLaughlin reimagines Metamorphoses from the perspective of the women in the text, exploring sexual violence, agency, and power dynamics of all kinds.
Sophie Haigney
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Books and IdeasAugust 28, 2019
Rachel Monroe’s Elegant Dissection of True Crime Fanaticism
In Savage Appetites, she sketches an unconventional history of some of the 21st century’s most notable and horrific crimes—through the eyes of women on the edges of these acts.
Sophie Haigney
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Fine ArtMay 6, 2019
Museums’ Recent Tech Obsession Does Not Compute
A spate of recent shows, including one at MoMA about the material and cultural role of 21st-century technology, shows how little the art world understands its buzziest new interest.
Sophie Haigney
