The Ongoing Vigil
I’ve taken boxes and boxes from my mother’s apartment. Photograph [...]
On Sebald’s “Self-Protective Porkies”: An Interview with Carole Angier
Carole Angier has written award-winning biographies of Jean Rhys and Primo Levi, and [...]
FROM THE ARCHIVES: An Interview with W. G. Sebald
"Masterful" is a term we keep in reserve for fiction [...]
Yet Another Miracle: Poems by Monika Herceg
“No one among our contemporary authors laughs like Monika Herceg; [...]
In Memoriam: Adam Zagajewski
Adam Zagajewski was a person of great rectitude and character. [...]
Blue
For Adam Zagajewski (1945–2021) I really like that joe pye [...]
Real Talk (VII)
—It’s so exhausting being psychic! —What do you mean? —It’s [...]
Star-Crossed Something-or-Others
Lately, when I teach Romeo and Juliet, I find myself [...]
In November the Living and the Dead Renew Their Vows
The warm days have finally ceased, and rain has cleared [...]
FUNNY GIRLS: New Books by Women with a Sense of Humor
Scribner It’s hard to talk about funny female [...]