Pat Reber

Book Review: Searching for “Truth and Repair” — Asking Rape Survivors For Their Vision of Justice

May 26, 2023
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For real change to happen, argues Judith Herman, “crimes of dominance and subordination would need to be approached as a matter of public health as well as public safety, with prevention as a primary goal.”

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Book Review: A French Feminist Struggles with Her Abortion Decision

May 2, 2023
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Does the world really need another personal abortion story? The answer is “yes,” Pauline Harmange argues.

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Book Review: “Look at the Lights, My Love” — Meditations in a Superstore

April 4, 2023
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Can Nobel laureate Annie Ernaux lend literary dignity to a big-box store?

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Arts Commentary: Annie Ernaux, Abortion, and Me

December 6, 2022
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What is literature if it doesn’t kick you in the ass every now and then and get you to act? Maybe that’s what the Nobel committee thought when it awarded Annie Ernaux this year’s Literature Prize.

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