Articles in Literature
Smells Like Team Spirit
A personal essay about childhood, popularity, trailer parks, and the meaning of class.
The Politics and “Pretentiousness” of Reading James Joyce
Is this modernist tome full of fart jokes and dense allusions worth all the irritating discourse around it? Brianna Rennix says yes.
The World of Wodehouse
A delightful place to enter. A risky world in which to live.
Sensationalist Exploitation Is Unnecessary
On the failures of “American Dirt,” the successes of “Lost Children Archive,” and how to write ethically about ongoing crises.
World Without Men
The wisdom and weirdness of feminist utopian novels…
Those Who Rise and Those Who Disappear
Novelist Elena Ferrante’s real message is that class and power are the “sickness” of the world…
Murder Most Genteel
The compelling world of mystery stories and the reality of murder…
Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and the Status Quo
How speculative fiction lost its ability to imagine alternatives to capitalism…
How Novelty Ruined The Novel
The much-acclaimed “The Nix” shows the irritating flaws in today’s “comic” novels…
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