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Articles posted by Jonathan Russell Clark
Jonathan Russell Clark
Jonathan Russell Clark is a staff writer for Literary Hub. His work has also appeared in
The Atlantic, Tin House, The Georgia Review, The Millions, The Rumpus
and elsewhere. He can be heard from @jrc2666
The Best Books About Books: Part 3
From the Critical to the Personal, Reflections on Reading
May 10, 2017 By
Jonathan Russell Clark
0
Entering Scoundrel Time: A New Literary Site Takes on Trump
"Nothing, of course, begins at the time you think it did."
February 1, 2017 By
Jonathan Russell Clark
1
Spoiler Alerts: Any Story Worth Telling Doesn’t Need Them
On Misguided Spoiler Panic and Why We Should All Calm Down
September 6, 2016 By
Jonathan Russell Clark
5
The Best Books About Books: Part 2
On Works of Criticism by Cynthia Ozick, C.D. Wright, Teju Cole, and More
July 21, 2016 By
Jonathan Russell Clark
2
Borges is Still Dead. (Or Is He? And Which Borges?)
On the 30th Anniversary of the Death of Jorge Luis Borges
June 14, 2016 By
Jonathan Russell Clark
5
Will Anyone Read Chuck Klosterman
in 100 Years?
Even When Pop Culture Fades, Its Best Critics Don't
June 10, 2016 By
Jonathan Russell Clark
0
Actually, Criticism
Is
Literature
Writing About the Art of Writing is an Art Unto Itself
June 2, 2016 By
Jonathan Russell Clark
18
Skateboarding in Fiction: A Brief History of Failure
On Accuracy and Authenticity in Art
March 24, 2016 By
Jonathan Russell Clark
14
The Women of the World Poetry Slam Comes to Brooklyn
On Creating a Safe Space for All Voices to Be Heard
March 9, 2016 By
Jonathan Russell Clark
2
102 Indispensible Works of Literary Criticism
A Highly Subjective and Idiosyncratic List Created Upon Moving House
March 4, 2016 By
Jonathan Russell Clark
10
Where is Wisława Szymborska’s Teeming Crowd?
Remembering the Great Poet 20 Years After Her Nobel Prize
January 8, 2016 By
Jonathan Russell Clark
2
A Reader’s Manifesto for 2016
Literary Resolutions from a Straight, White Male
January 4, 2016 By
Jonathan Russell Clark
21
The Literary
Star Wars
, a History
George Lucas and His Heroes, From Flash Gordon to Francis Ford Coppola
December 18, 2015 By
Jonathan Russell Clark
2
Writers at Work: The Year in Collected Essays
On 12 Books (and 4,554 Pages) by Journalists, Critics, Columnists, and Contributors
December 14, 2015 By
Jonathan Russell Clark
2
The Ever-Expanding World of David Mitchell
One Novel Out of Many, Filled With Eternally Recurring Characters
November 16, 2015 By
Jonathan Russell Clark
3
This Year’s Charming National Book Award Underdog: Karen E. Bender
On Money, Craft, and Characters Who Can’t Stop Stealing
November 12, 2015 By
Jonathan Russell Clark
3
Roxane Gay Wins the PEN Center USA Freedom to Write Award
"For Demonstrating exceptional courage in the defense of free expression.”
November 4, 2015 By
Jonathan Russell Clark
5
The Bearable Lightness of Joe Meno
Sentimental, Almost Cloying, Occasionally Saccharine, Often Wonderful
October 22, 2015 By
Jonathan Russell Clark
0
Why Salman Rushdie Should Win the Nobel Prize in Literature
A Last-Minute Plea on Behalf of Secular Miracles
October 7, 2015 By
Jonathan Russell Clark
5
The Time I Got Really Stoned and Interviewed Jesse Eisenberg
Sunday Night, You're Totally Baked, and a Movie Star Calls
September 29, 2015 By
Jonathan Russell Clark
18
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