In Memoriam
July 20, 2010
Conversations with Harvey Pekar 0
by Zoe Roller
I started reading Harvey Pekar’s comic book series American Splendor in high school, when I was anxious about my future and frustrated by my present. Little did I know then, Pekar would soon become a friend and a confidant of sorts.
April 19, 2010
Emilie 20
by Emily St. John Mandel
My magnificent agent died a few days ago. Her name was Emilie Jacobson, but her colleagues called her Emmy. She found me in a slush pile.
February 4, 2010
On Rereading J.D. Salinger 1
by Anne K. Yoder
It occurs to me that I’m judging Holden more like an old friend than a character in a novel. This is perhaps the largest compliment I can pay him, and Salinger, too.
January 28, 2010
J.D. Salinger, 1919-2010 11
by Garth Risk Hallberg
Though it has been talked about as the greatest vanishing act in the history of American letters, Jerome David Salinger’s career also turns out to be one of the major triumphs.
November 9, 2009
Claude Levi-Strauss, 1908-2009 1
by Garth Risk Hallberg
Levi-Strauss’ most important ideas would become so ubiquitous that you probably already know them, even if you don’t know you know.
October 11, 2009
Requiescat in pace, TriQuarterly 1
by Garth Risk Hallberg
TriQuarterly, the long-running trail-blazing literary journal more or less dreamed into existence by the late Charles Newman, is apparently no more, due to budget cuts at Northwestern University. Newman’s foreword to his first issue as editor, reprinted at A Public Space, should be required reading for anyone thinking about the purpose and future of [...]
