Nonfiction

A Reviewer’s Life

The material constraints of writing criticism today

Christine Smallwood

Palestinian Solidarity, Then and Now

The power of encampment as a form of protest

Feisal G. Mohamed

Objects of Desire

Absolute Darkness

A curious disorientation

Lydia Davis

The Critic as Friend

The challenge of reading generously

Merve Emre

Louise Glück’s Late Style

The fabular turn in the poet’s last three books

Teju Cole

Jean Stein’s Rolodex

The legendary editor’s social genius

Benjamin Anastas

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Books

On "kaddish.com"

Fiction in review

David Galef

April 1, 2019

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Books

On Nine Recent Collections

Poetry in review

Stephanie Burt

April 1, 2019

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The Hall-Mills Murder Trial, 1926

A consideration of death

Harold Schechter

April 1, 2019

A portrait by Picasso of Gertrude Stein.

“Sitting at the Table” with Stein and Ashbery

“An Occasion” for Thin[g]king

Karin Roffman

April 1, 2019

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“The Lonely Hearts Killer,” 1957-1958

Notes on a killing

Harold Schechter

March 18, 2019

Northern lights in blue and red on black sky

How After the Quake You Returned to What Was Lost

A brief moment

Éireann Lorsung

March 11, 2019

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The “American Tragedy” Murder, 1906

Notes on a killing

Harold Schechter

March 4, 2019

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Ode to my Father’s Boots

On aging

Cornelius Eady

February 28, 2019

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The “Sausage Vat Murder,” 1897

Notes on a killing

Harold Schechter

February 18, 2019

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Philip Roth, Landlord

A literary rentier

Terena Elizabeth Bell

February 4, 2019

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