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In the Comments Section, Writerly Discourse Awaits
New York Times· 1 day agoA critic for the Book Review finds joy — and inspiration — in engaging with readers via the comments forums on his articles. New York Times readers — I’...
‘On the Couch’ Review: A Close Reading of Freud
The Wall Street Journal· 3 days agoSigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic ideas are widespread, but outdated. There may be profit in treating him less as a scientist and more as a literary figure.
Why Terry Southern Was “the Most Useful Writer” in America
The Nation· 5 days agoThe madcap satires of Terry Southern, who would have turned 100 today, remain urgently relevant,...
Every Salman Rushdie Book, Ranked And In Order
Forbes· 2 days agoSalman Rushdie is one of the most critically acclaimed authors of his generation, and he’s also become one of the most famous for reasons that go beyond...
Dancing on the Page | Erica Getto
New York Review of Books· 2 days agoIn addition to her dance criticism—alongside essays about Trisha Brown, Yvonne Rainer, and Pam Tanowitz for The New York Review, her work has appeared in...
The decay in American education is an alarming national security threat
Orange County Register· 3 days agoThe decay in American education is an alarming national security threat. Most high school or college...
‘Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body’ chosen as 2024-25 Go Big Read ...
University of Wisconsin - Madison· 5 days agoRebekah Taussig wasn’t alone, but she sure felt like it. Paralyzed since the age of 3, Taussig...
The Reason of Mary Wollstonecraft: Championing Women and Their Moral Formation
National Catholic Register· 6 days agoThe nearly hegemonic view in the progressive academy is that an unbroken line can be drawn between...
Helen Vendler’s Generous Mind
The New Yorker· 6 days agoVendler, who died last week, at ninety, served as The New Yorker’s poetry critic from 1978 to 1996, and the temptation, as always in the wake of...
Kate Millett pioneered the term ‘sexual politics’ and explained the links between sex and power. Her...
The Conversation· 4 days agoIts insistence on the importance of patriarchal structures and sexual hierarchies in literature and history, as well as in contemporary society, was eye-opening. The 1970s saw the publication ...
