Gnostic Brooklyn (2015)
I was walking home through Clinton Hill when I met a wizard. He wore a conical straw hat and…
The Wake (2015)
What happens after the end? Since the portrayals of world-destroying deluges in early writings (“Gilgamesh,” the Matsya Purana, Genesis,…
Dune 50 Years on (2015)
It’s 50 years since the publication of Frank Herbert’s Dune. To celebrate the anniversary of one of…
Understanding is the least we owe the dead (2015)
After the terrorist attack on the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris, I wrote about my reaction for The Guardian.…
The Beautiful Reward is Freedom: Ursula Le Guin (2014)
Last night (November 19th) Ursula Le Guin accepted the National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.…
On Being Faithless (2014)
Of all the jargon words that get thrown around in British political discourse, "faith" may be the one from…
The novel after Sebald: Ben Lerner's 10:04 (2014)
'Formally “10:04” belongs to an emerging genre, the novel after Sebald, its 19th-century furniture of plot and character…
Rootless Cosmopolitan: Teju Cole's Every Day Is For The Thief (2014)
'For this displaced member of the Nigerian elite, Lagos is the opposite of an open city. His decision to…
