• The Critic and Her Publics

    Literary Criticism

    Sasha Weiss on Mischief in the Pages

    In Conversation with Merve Emre on The Critic and Her Publics

     
    By The Critic and Her Publics   May 6, 2025
    Literary Criticism

    Zakiya Dalilah Harris on Satire and Sensitivity

    By The Critic and Her Publics   April 8, 2025
    Literary Criticism

    Fergus McIntosh: “One Wonders”

    By The Critic and Her Publics   March 25, 2025
    Literary Criticism

    Jackson Howard on Risking It All

    By The Critic and Her Publics   March 11, 2025
    Literary Criticism

    Meghan O’Rourke on the Glitzy Bits

    By The Critic and Her Publics   February 25, 2025
    Literary Criticism

    Kaitlyn Greenidge on Making Artifacts

    By The Critic and Her Publics   February 11, 2025
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
    Literary Criticism

    Emily Greenhouse on the Whole Self

    By The Critic and Her Publics   January 28, 2025
    Literary Criticism

    Christine Smallwood on Going Back to the Text

    By The Critic and Her Publics   July 9, 2024
    Literary Criticism

    Carina del Valle Schorske on Putting Rhythms into Prose

    By The Critic and Her Publics   June 25, 2024
    Literary Criticism

    Radhika Jones on Change

    In Conversation with Merve Emre on The Critic and Her Publics

    By The Critic and Her Publics   April 22, 2025
    Literary Criticism

    Doreen St. Félix on Using Pop Culture to Consider Society

    By The Critic and Her Publics   May 28, 2024
    Literary Criticism

    Lauren Michele Jackson on the Collision of the Internet, Race, and Gender

    By The Critic and Her Publics   May 14, 2024
    Literary Criticism

    Jo Livingstone on Not Believing in Anachronism

    By The Critic and Her Publics   April 9, 2024
    Literary Criticism

    Moira Donegan on Cultivating Invulnerability

    In Conversation with Merve Emre on The Critic and Her Publics

    By The Critic and Her Publics   March 26, 2024
    Literary Criticism

    Anahid Nersessian on Being a Specialist and a Generalist

    By The Critic and Her Publics   March 12, 2024
    Literary Criticism

    Hannah Goldfield on the Joy of Describing Tastes

    By The Critic and Her Publics   February 27, 2024
    Literary Criticism

    Sophie Pinkham on Sexy Russian Poets

    By The Critic and Her Publics   February 13, 2024
    Literary Criticism

    Andrea Long Chu on Liking and Hating

    In Conversation with Merve Emre on The Critic and Her Publics

    By The Critic and Her Publics   January 30, 2024
    Literary Criticism

    Maggie Doherty on Sharing Art and Ideas

    By The Critic and Her Publics   June 11, 2024

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