Recent Articles
April 23, 2013
Ideology: An Introduction 0
by Rhian Sasseen
For the theory-obsessed, soon-to-be liberal arts graduate on your list: the essential Verso Books undergraduate reading list.
April 23, 2013
Pre-Speed 0
by Rhian Sasseen
Once upon a time, the poet Muriel Rukeyser wrote a very proto-Speedboat kind of novel. It’s only just getting published now.
April 23, 2013
Less Mo Yan, More Ah Cheng 4
by Alan Levinovitz
Fans of Chinese literature all have their personal favorites, and none of them have ever resonated with me. I think I like Ah Cheng because he is crazy, and crazy people transcend the cultures that produce them.
April 23, 2013
#history 0
by Rhian Sasseen
“if you’re looking to sound clever, you could call it an ‘octothorpe’, the tongue-in-cheek term coined at Bell to describe it.” The history of hashtags, and other words that the Internet has given us.
April 23, 2013
A Bookstore of Common Prayer 0
by Rhian Sasseen
Common dreams, common bookstores: “I went home with…the BookWoman bumper sticker, which reads: ‘Support Your Feminist Bookstore — She Supports You.’”
April 23, 2013
From the Mixed-Up Files of E. L. Konigsburg 0
by Rhian Sasseen
Rest in peace E. L. Konigsburg, author of one of the greatest children’s books of all time. (Hyperbole? Oh, go get lost in the Met’s fountain.)