Articles by Anne K. Yoder
September 2, 2010
File Under: Self-Realization in Women 1
Elizabeth Gilbert speaks to fantasies, specifically the 21st century American variety of jet-set enlightenment.
September 1, 2010
Video Killed the Print Review 0
The Washington Post’s Ron Charles takes the art of book reviewing to video in a humorous and thoughtful review of Jonathan Franzen’s Freedom. (via Galleycat)
August 26, 2010
The Millions Interview: Kate Zambreno 1
“I am saying that amidst all of this banality there’s something really dangerous in terms of how we swallow horrible things happening because they make us uncomfortable and ignore all the fucked-up-ness and like let’s talk about The Bachelor as opposed to Haiti and as a society we’re still totally totally repressed…”
July 29, 2010
I’d Rather Be a Lightning Rod: On Ken Kesey, Life, and the Landscapes of the Pacific Northwest 2
I have been living in a room in a house perched on a cliff that overlooks the Oregon coast for almost a month. A window with an ocean view spans the width of my desk, but when I sit down to write, I often find myself doing anything but that.
July 11, 2010
Summer Reading at The Brooklyn Rail 0
Want to know what artists Paul Chan and Richard Serra, poet Eileen Myles, and translator Charlotte Mandell are reading this summer? Check out The Brooklyn Rail’s Summer Reading List.
June 10, 2010
The Artist’s Exit: A Postscript to Marina Abramović’s The Artist Is Present 1
Abramović has spoken many times about how her duration pieces have the capacity transform both herself and the viewer. But I also wonder if the interactive and ever-changing nature of the piece influenced the popularity of the performance, which by the end had become a media phenomenon.
