Criticism

Poetically Speaking

A new book makes the case for bewilderment as a critical virtue
Brian Dillon
Books

The Polycrisis

Why can’t we stop talking about nonmonogamy?
Brandy Jensen

Books

Gender Wars

Two scholars excavate the origins of today’s trans backlash
Paisley Currah

Books

In Search of Albertine

The feminist afterlives of Proust's iconic character
Victoria Baena

Alice Notley’s Disobedience

The shape-shifting voice that changed American poetry
Tausif Noor

Stealing the Show

Why conservatives killed America’s federally funded theater
Charlie Tyson

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Criticism

The Living Practice of Criticism

A reply to my respondents
Jonathan Kramnick
June 17, 2024

The Real World of Reading

A response to Jonathan Kramnick’s Criticism and Truth
Ankhi Mukherjee
June 17, 2024

The Rhapsodic Critic

A response to Jonathan Kramnick’s Criticism and Truth
Elaine Scarry
June 17, 2024

Writing for the Reader

A response to Jonathan Kramnick’s Criticism and Truth
Paul Saint-Amour
June 17, 2024

When the Movies Mattered

Siskel and Ebert and the heyday of popular movie criticism
Annie Berke
June 12, 2024

Alice Notley’s Disobedience

The shape-shifting voice that changed American poetry
Tausif Noor
June 10, 2024

Poetically Speaking

A new book makes the case for bewilderment as a critical virtue
Brian Dillon
June 10, 2024

Stealing the Show

Why conservatives killed America’s federally funded theater
Charlie Tyson
June 10, 2024
Books

The Polycrisis

Why can’t we stop talking about nonmonogamy?
Brandy Jensen
April 24, 2024
Books

Gender Wars

Two scholars excavate the origins of today’s trans backlash
Paisley Currah
March 4, 2024