Slavoj Žižek on the Refugee Crisis, with Hari Kunzru
Žižek's new book is said to be 'his most focused and urgent yet'. I wasn't so sure about that…
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…
The death of Osama Bin Laden: Celebrations at Ground Zero (2011)
Some time around 10.30pm I was sitting over dinner at a friend's place on the Upper West Side.…
Flying Close to the Sun (2011)
Flying Close to the Sun: My Life and Times as a Weatherman : Cathy Wilkerson [UK: Seven Stories Press January…
Smoke and Mirrors: A Review of Jonathan Lethem's 'Chronic City'
My review of Jonathan Lethem's 2009 novel in Bookforum: For most readers (perhaps users would be a better word)…
