less hope less hope
apologies. i was part of the joy industrial complex, told them their bodies were miracles & they ate it, sold someday, made money off soon & now. i snuck an ode into the el…
Aug 9, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Danez Smith
Closure Closure
Is it the eight titanium pins around my knees or the fact that for three months the incisions were left open? I grew to know that plush of inside— the velvets, the iodine to preven…
Aug 9, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Sheila Black
Keith Gessen’s Adventures in Parenting Keith Gessen’s Adventures in Parenting
In his new book about parenting, Gessen offers a tour of anxieties set in the semi-gentrified Brooklyn of the 2020s.
Aug 9, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Ryu Spaeth
Ottessa Moshfegh’s Cruel Worlds Ottessa Moshfegh’s Cruel Worlds
In her new novel, Moshfegh explores the brutish world of the Middle Ages.
Aug 8, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Elvia Wilk
Juan Emar’s Forgotten Vanguard Juan Emar’s Forgotten Vanguard
Influenced by the Surrealists, the obscure Chilean novelist took to task the social realist status quo in his magical fiction.
Aug 4, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Hanson O’Haver
The Wondrous and Mundane Diaries of Edna St. Vincent Millay The Wondrous and Mundane Diaries of Edna St. Vincent Millay
Her private writing offers another, more idiosyncratic angle to understand the famed poet.
Aug 3, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Apoorva Tadepalli
Marlen Haushofer’s Bucolic Apocalypse Marlen Haushofer’s Bucolic Apocalypse
Examining an isolated life, in the wake of an unknown cataclysm, The Wall forces its readers to confront their relationship to the natural world.
Aug 2, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Missouri Williams
The Sophist Network The Sophist Network
Justin E.H. Smith’s recent book is a prime example of how a certain realm of philosophical thinking misunderstands the material impact of the Internet.
Aug 1, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Michael Eby
Philip Guston’s Philosophy of Doubt Philip Guston’s Philosophy of Doubt
A delayed, divisive, and long-awaited retrospective finally debuts in Boston.
Jul 28, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
What Happened to Newspaper Book Reviewing? What Happened to Newspaper Book Reviewing?
As a mode of recommendation, the newspaper fiction review has less to recommend it than ever before.
Jul 27, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Frank Guan