Essays

To All the Books I Published Before

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To declare my intentions, the first book I bought for my new imprint, Poseidon Press, was Henry Bean’s 'The Nenoquich.' It was published, on my first list, in 1982. And now, mirabile dictu, 'The Nenoquich' has returned to life.
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Person to Person

How Yasmin Zaher Wrote the Year’s Best New York City Novel

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"This is going to sound absurd, but in a novel, you can say the truth, and in journalism, you cannot."
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Person to Person

History Gives Kristen R. Ghodsee Hope for the Future

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Book Previews

Most Anticipated: The Great Summer 2024 Preview

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Reviews

Things Got Weird: On the Early ‘90s Crack-Up

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Ganz vividly renders the early 1990s’ shouty yet blankly confused alienations along with the endlessly gassy and vituperative “whither America?” debates.
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Reviews

The Unstable Truths of ‘The Last Language’

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Excerpts

Same River, Same Man

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I’ve been rereading books in part to test my squidness.
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Reviews

The Beguiling Crónicas of Hebe Uhart

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'A Question of Belonging' is marked by an unerring belief that a good story can be found almost anywhere.
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Essays

Jazz Remains the Sound of Modernism

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Armstrong and Ellington, Coltrane and Davis, Gillespie and Parker, were central to the same project as other modernists; they reconfigured time and space to craft an alternative way of expression.
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Person to Person

Juliet Escoria Wants to Bring Back Fistfights

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In internet fights, people use this faux veneer of politeness, where they will veil something nasty with corporate HR language, and I find it morally repugnant.
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Person to Person

Glynnis MacNicol on Marriage, Pleasure, and Orgasmic Narratives

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"There’s no sense in a capitalist society that enjoying your life should be the basis for anything."
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Writers on Writers

“Her Job Is to Show How People Live”:
Claire Dederer on Laurie Colwin

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Essays

Death and Muralismo

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Uncategorized

Two Shakespeareans Take Stock

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Judi Dench's approach to playing some of Shakespeare's most iconic roles was "entirely instinctive."
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Person to Person

Gabriel Smith Writes Like He Has Nothing Left to Lose

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"I think that almost all of the work under the 'autofiction' banner is politically corrupt."
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Person to Person

Adelle Waldman on Her
‘Nickel and Dimed’–Inspired Novel

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"I think too many people—and I include myself in this—find ways of staying insulated from that reality."
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Excerpts

Night at the Freud Museum

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A night at the Freud Museum! The idea appeals.
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