New Books in Literary Studies

Interviews with Scholars of Literature about their New Books

Arts
526
Amanda Kennell, "Alice in Japanese Wonderlands:...
An interview with Amanda Kennell
42 min
527
Claire Myers Owens and the Banned Book
A Discussion with Miriam Kalman Friedman
57 min
528
Plot
An Discussion with Pardis Dabashi
17 min
529
Kyle Dillon Hertz, "The Lookback Window" (Simon...
An interview with Kyle Dillon Hertz
36 min
530
Patrick Ffrench, "Roland Barthes and Film: Myth...
An interview with Patrick Ffrench
71 min
531
Craig Keener, "Christobiography: Memory, Histor...
An interview with Craig Keener
38 min
532
Timothy K. August, "The Refugee Aesthetic: Reim...
An interview with Timothy K. August
38 min
533
Genealogies of Modernity Episode 8: The Enemy o...
Once modernity fractured society’s sense of shared moral norms, how could you write persuasively about morality?
44 min
534
Lexi Freiman, "The Book of Ayn" (Catapult, 2023)
An interview with Lexi Freiman
34 min
535
Joseph Vogel, "James Baldwin and the 1980s: Wit...
An interview with Joseph Vogel
37 min
536
Annie McClanahan, "Dead Pledges: Debt, Crisis, ...
McClanahan's book is a masterful exploration of the cultural politics of the financial crisis and a powerful mediation on how to make sense of an era of unrepayable debts...
56 min
537
Edward J. Watts, "The Eternal Decline and Fall ...
An interview with Edward J. Watts
62 min
538
Carl Rollyson, "The Life of William Faulkner: T...
By 1935 William Faulkner was well established as an author of critically praised novels, yet the low volume of his sales forced him to seek work in Hollywood....
50 min
539
Nobuko Ishitate-Okunomiya Yamasaki, "Prostitute...
An interview with Nobuko Ishitate-Okunomiya Yamasaki
64 min
540
Daniel Shank Cruz, "Ethics for Apocalyptic Time...
An interview with Daniel Shank Cruz
43 min
541
George MacLeod, "Mediating Violence from Africa...
An interview with George MacLeod
75 min
542
Thomas Kelly, "The Inscription of Things: Writi...
An interview with Thomas Kelly
92 min
543
Anne E. Linton, "Unmaking Sex: The Gender Outla...
An interview with Anne E. Linton
58 min
544
Eliza Minot. "In the Orchard" (Knopf, 2023)
An interview with Eliza Minot
37 min
545
Olga V. Solovieva, "The Russian Kurosawa: Trans...
An interview with Olga V. Solovieva
30 min
546
Trent Masiki, "The Afro-Latino Memoir: Race, Et...
An interview with Trent Masiki
32 min
547
Pardis Mahdavi, "Hyphen" (Bloomsbury, 2021)
An interview with Pardis Mahdavi
29 min
548
Saving the Brontë Birthplace
Christa Ackroyd and Steve Stanworth, in conversation with Duncan McCargo
27 min
549
Jonathan Kramnick, "Criticism and Truth: On Met...
An interview with Jonathan Kramnick
44 min
550
Jackson Lears, "Animal Spirits: The American Pu...
An interview with Jackson Lears
62 min