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Ben Lerner
October 27, 2020
Tope Folarin
Can a Black Novelist Write Autofiction?
Why the hottest literary trend of the last decade is so blindingly white
July 9, 2020
Ryu Spaeth
The Shallowness of the Self-Aware Novelist
Andrew Martin’s characters spend a lot of time gently mocking their own privilege.
December 23, 2019
Rumaan Alam
Rupi Kaur Is the Writer of the Decade
The young Canadian poet understands better than most of her contemporaries how future generations will read.
September 20, 2019
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Rumaan Alam
The MAGA Plot
In a subtle new work of autofiction, Ben Lerner takes on Trumpism.
December 1, 2016
Charlotte Shane
Anne Carson’s Splintered Brilliance
On the pleasures of poetry that deliberately defies our comprehension.
June 23, 2016
Ken Chen
What’s The Matter With Poetry?
For Ben Lerner, poems are the perfect medium for failure. So how can they negotiate with the politics of real life?
December 7, 2015
Sam Sacks
Professional Fictions
Should writing be an art or a career?
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