Books
Marjorie Garber’s case for poetry as resistance proves more fanciful than persuasive.
A new collection of Harold Bloom’s letters reveals a critic who found the heights of Western literature far more inviting than the “drab” reality of a Vermont forest.
Poet Adrian Matejka distills identity, anti-racist critique, political commentary, and literary history into rapid left-right-left punches, each landing hard.
Why democracy cannot escape elites—and how they quietly reshape power from within.
Stark prairie lyrics of survival, memory, and reluctant belonging.
D. H. Lawrence’s final poems confront mortality with mysticism, sensuality, and hard-won clarity.
Dan Simon’s debut novel blends polyphonic storytelling with keen attention to the natural world and its emotional echoes.
A brief, haunting meditation homing in on the final weeks—and thoughts—of the ailing Gustav Mahler during his voyage back to Europe.
Ross Barkan is a good enough of a writer to have avoided the trap of making this novel just an anti-Trump protest.
In conversation, Andrew Krivak discusses inherited grief, immigrant roots, and the novel’s unusual form.
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