New Books in Literary Studies

Interviews with Scholars of Literature about their New Books

Arts
551
Timothy K. August, "The Refugee Aesthetic: Reim...
An interview with Timothy K. August
38 min
552
Lexi Freiman, "The Book of Ayn" (Catapult, 2023)
An interview with Lexi Freiman
34 min
553
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
554
Joseph Vogel, "James Baldwin and the 1980s: Wit...
An interview with Joseph Vogel
37 min
555
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
556
Nobuko Ishitate-Okunomiya Yamasaki, "Prostitute...
An interview with Nobuko Ishitate-Okunomiya Yamasaki
64 min
557
Edward J. Watts, "The Eternal Decline and Fall ...
An interview with Edward J. Watts
62 min
558
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
559
Daniel Shank Cruz, "Ethics for Apocalyptic Time...
An interview with Daniel Shank Cruz
43 min
560
George MacLeod, "Mediating Violence from Africa...
An interview with George MacLeod
75 min
561
Thomas Kelly, "The Inscription of Things: Writi...
An interview with Thomas Kelly
92 min
562
Anne E. Linton, "Unmaking Sex: The Gender Outla...
An interview with Anne E. Linton
58 min
563
Olga V. Solovieva, "The Russian Kurosawa: Trans...
An interview with Olga V. Solovieva
30 min
564
Eliza Minot. "In the Orchard" (Knopf, 2023)
An interview with Eliza Minot
37 min
565
Trent Masiki, "The Afro-Latino Memoir: Race, Et...
An interview with Trent Masiki
32 min
566
Pardis Mahdavi, "Hyphen" (Bloomsbury, 2021)
An interview with Pardis Mahdavi
29 min
567
Jonathan Kramnick, "Criticism and Truth: On Met...
An interview with Jonathan Kramnick
44 min
568
Saving the Brontë Birthplace
Christa Ackroyd and Steve Stanworth, in conversation with Duncan McCargo
27 min
569
Gary Saul Morson, "Wonder Confronts Certainty: ...
An interview with Gary Saul Morson
46 min
570
Jackson Lears, "Animal Spirits: The American Pu...
An interview with Jackson Lears
62 min
571
Boria Sax, "Enchanted Forests: The Poetic Const...
An interview with Boria Sax
51 min
572
Peter Richardson, "Savage Journey: Hunter S. Th...
An interview with Peter Richardson
69 min
573
Bryan Washington, "Family Meal" (Riverhead Book...
An interview with Bryan Washington
43 min
574
Overtaken by Awe: Sheila Heti speaks with Sunny...
41 min
575
Caroline J. Smith, "Season to Taste: Rewriting ...
29 min