Criticism

How Mike Kelley Became Himself

The artist’s search for subcultural America
Jonathan Griffin
Books

The Polycrisis

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

Is Blasphemy Illiberal?

Salman Rushdie’s thoroughly modern controversies
Len Gutkin

Poetically Speaking

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

Writing in Pictures

Richard Scarry and the art of children’s literature
Chris Ware

Chantal Akerman’s Elusive Interiors

What the filmmaker’s portrayal of women reveals—and withholds
Emily LaBarge

Browse

Criticism

Chantal Akerman’s Elusive Interiors

What the filmmaker’s portrayal of women reveals—and withholds
Emily LaBarge
September 9, 2024

How Mike Kelley Became Himself

The artist’s search for subcultural America
Jonathan Griffin
September 9, 2024

Is Blasphemy Illiberal?

Salman Rushdie’s thoroughly modern controversies
Len Gutkin
September 9, 2024

Writing in Pictures

Richard Scarry and the art of children’s literature
Chris Ware
September 9, 2024

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