The Pleasures of John Ashbery's

The Pleasures of John Ashbery's "Difficult" Poetry

Looking Back at his Final Poem, One Year After his Death

By Nathan Goldman | September 4, 2018

The Power of W. G. Sebald's Small Silences

The Power of W. G. Sebald's Small Silences

Even His Punctuation Gestured Toward the Trauma of History

By Nathan Goldman | May 18, 2018

The Divinity of Dog Writing

The Divinity of Dog Writing

Canine Companions Through the Eyes of Virginia Woolf, Eileen Myles, and More

By Nathan Goldman | September 12, 2017

In the Age of Trump, Reclaiming the Golem as a Symbol of Jewish Resistance

In the Age of Trump, Reclaiming the Golem as a Symbol of Jewish Resistance

Finding Solidarity and Strength in Jewish Folklore

By Nathan Goldman | April 27, 2017

On the Heterodox Jewishness of Clarice Lispector

On the Heterodox Jewishness of Clarice Lispector

A Writer of the Diaspora, In Search of God

By Nathan Goldman | September 27, 2016

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