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January 4, 2023
Lynne Tillman Breaks the Rules
Mothercare, a fascinating and sometimes fraught experiment with memoir, finds the author testing the limits of personal writing.
Michele Moses
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December 22, 2022
Emmanuel Carrère’s Brilliant Narcissism
His latest “nonfiction novel,” Yoga, explores his favorite theme: himself.
Max Norman
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December 14, 2022
Reading Judith Butler’s “Gender Trouble” in the Age of Ron DeSantis
More than 30 years after it was published, the seminal queer theory text still has some things to say.
Naomi Gordon-Loebl
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December 9, 2022
Margo Jefferson and the Art of Life
In her work, especially her new book Constructing a Nervous System, she transforms criticism into an experience one feels in the body, not just the mind.
Kelton Ellis
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December 5, 2022
The Queen of Candor: Aline Kominsky-Crumb 1948–2022
Her fearless autobiographical stories revolutionized cartooning.
Jeet Heer
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November 30, 2022
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November 17, 2022
How a Defender of American Empire Became a Dissenter
A conversation with Lyle Jeremy Rubin about the complicated ideology of the marine corps, America’s obsession with war, and his new memoir Pain Is Weakness Leaving the Body.
Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
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October 31, 2022
Javier Zamora and the Canon of Undocumented Literature
The poet’s memoir joins a growing body of work chronicling the personal and political odysseys undocumented Americans face.
Jesús A. Rodríguez
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October 28, 2022
The Cuban Missile Crisis Cover-Up
How JFK and Robert Kennedy hid the quid pro quo that saved the world from nuclear war.
Peter Kornbluh
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October 24, 2022
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf Speaks!
On this episode of the Edge of Sports podcast, former NBA star and activist Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf joins the show to talk about his new book.
Dave Zirin