Elisa Gabbert Wants Interesting Thinking, No Matter the Subject
Sometimes I like when writers really show every step of the proof, as it were. Maybe they’re revealing all their missteps or false starts.
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An Element of Perversity: The Millions Interviews Katharine Kilalea
I do miss the modernist project’s ambition to tackle death, love, the meaning of life. I’m still anxious about the meaning of life!
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On Carmen Maria Machado’s Body Horrors
Though Her Body and Other Parties centers on women’s lives, at the margins lurks the ultimate source of the horrors that haunt them: men.
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Molding Something in Our Image: The Millions Interviews James Sturm
The story is basically an anatomy of a race riot that strongly evokes current events: a race-baiting, crass salesman manipulating the media for profit. The character of Victor Paige wasn’t a character I took that seriously in writing the book -- now that character is president.
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The Danger in Cohesion: Tom Perrotta’s Nine Inches
Taken as a collection, Nine Inches reveals a fatal flaw that undermines the skilled artistry: Perrotta’s heavy hand.
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