Le Fleuve
A little past the midpoint of Annie Ernaux’s “impersonal autobiography,” The Years (2008), Jean-Paul Sartre dies: “The deaths of intellectualsContinue Reading
Jonathan Elmer
A little past the midpoint of Annie Ernaux’s “impersonal autobiography,” The Years (2008), Jean-Paul Sartre dies: “The deaths of intellectualsContinue Reading
Horns pushed his way into the Senate Building with his flag-draped spear. He threatened Capitol police through a bullhorn, loungedContinue Reading
Sometimes you don’t want to read a book because you know it will make you unhappy. You know you willContinue Reading
After my father died, and before my mother did, when the house I had grown up in was being emptiedContinue Reading
Like its subject, Lyall Watson’s Heaven’s Breath: A Natural History of the Wind, is fugitive, all-encompassing, and impossible to trackContinue Reading
Claudio Saunt’s Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory has hamstrung and harassed myContinue Reading
I love this name. Vasko Popa was a poet, and a Serb. I learned not long ago that Vasko PopaContinue Reading
I’m trying to align what I know about this artwork with what I feel in the face of it. IContinue Reading
You hold in your hand one of the Hostess Company’s signature snacks—a Ding-Dong, say. Or a Ho-Ho, or a Suzy-Q.Continue Reading
The oldest son dies in an ice-skating accident. The three remaining siblings, a boy and two younger sisters, are leftContinue Reading
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