book reviews & criticism
“In this Kafka-inspired novel, anxiety is inescapable: review of Gillian Linden’s Negative Space.” The Washington Post.
“Third Place Husbands: On Rachel Ingalls’ In the Act.” Cleveland Review of Books.
“What the Gig Economy Does to a Human.” The Atlantic.
“What Can True Crime Offer Us?” The Nation.
“Gaps: A Review of Girl, Interrupted (30th Anniversary Edition).” LIBER: A Feminist Review.
“Sweating Through Space and Time: review of Catherine Lacey’s Biography of X.” Cleveland Review of Books.
“Coming of age in Warhol’s world of imitations and copies: review of Nicole Flattery’s Nothing Special.” The Washington Post.
“Tezer Özlü’s Cold Nights of Childhood.” The Brooklyn Rail.
“Minimally Focused: Carver, TikTok, and Minimalist Form.“ Post45.
“A collection of tools designed to help us make our time our own again: review of Jenny Odell’s Saving Time.” The Washington Post.
“Mother Knows Best: review of Diary of a Void.” The Baffler.
“Toad and a Woman’s Desire.” Ploughshares Blog.
“Either/Or’s Aesthetic Questioning.” Ploughshares Blog.
“Joy is Resistance”: On Miriam Toews’ Fight Night.” Cleveland Review of Books.
“Cassandra at the Wedding‘s Economies of Sisterhood.” Ploughshares Blog.
“Disembodied Work in Severance and Several People Are Typing.” Ploughshares Blog.
“The Promise of Karaoke.” Ploughshares Blog.
“Doom-Scroll: On Lauren Oyler’s Fake Accounts.” Cleveland Review of Books.
“Love, the Archive.” Ploughshares Blog.
reading lists
“Seven Books That Will Make You Put Down Your Phone.” The Atlantic.
“Questioning the Stories We Hold: A Reading List Inspired by Annie Ernaux.” Longreads.
“17 Small Press Books From 2022 That You Might Have Missed.” Electric Literature.
“A Book for Every Era of Taylor Swift.” Electric Literature.
“What’s The Vibe? A Reading List.” Longreads.
“7 Novels Set During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Electric Literature.
“Unseasonal Reading: Enjoying Books as They Come.” The Millions.
“How to Be Lonely: A Booklist.“ The Millions.
culture writing
“Congrats, Hun.” Avidly.
“Belly Up.” Real Life.
“When Harry Met Sally Makes Adult Weekends Aspirational.” Electric Literature.
“These Cheery Dish Towels Brighten Up My Winter.” Bon Appétit.
personal
“Budapest, Lover.” Los Angeles Review.
“Every Year I Tell Myself This Summer Will Be the Best One Yet.” Electric Literature.
interviews
Interview with Molly McGhee, on Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind. BOMB Magazine.
Interview with Martin Riker, on The Guest Lecture. Electric Literature.
Interview with Lynn Steger Strong, on Flight. Electric Literature.
Interview with Tess Gunty, on The Rabbit Hutch. Electric Literature.
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