Books
Unfortunately, poetry doesn’t sell and doesn’t get made into movies.
Read MoreColm Tóibín travels back to ancient Greece in House of Names, a vibrant retelling of the tragedy of the House of Atreus.
Read MoreDenis Johnson sees that New Age thinking is a response to something very American, very late-twentieth-century—namely the precariousness of identity.
Read MoreIn his profound new book Age of Anger, historian Pankaj Mishra finds the key to Trump-worship.
Read MoreRapture is a worthwhile curio that grapples, entertainingly, with Modernism’s artistic, structural, and revolutionary quandaries.
Read MoreFor a reader without the reference points of mid-twentieth century Lithuania and Poland, this deeply researched biography can be a slog.
Read MoreOn the whole, this anthology, along with igniting discussions about sins of omission, will make for entertaining browsing.
Read MoreGeorge Prochnik’s biography of Gershom Scholem is flawed, but well worth reading, especially for those struggling with their Jewish and Israeli identities.
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Literary Homage: Denis Johnson, American Dostoevsky
Denis Johnson’s spiritual vision was dark and more than a little scary but also supremely generous.
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