New Books in Literary Studies

Interviews with Scholars of Literature about their New Books

Arts
576
Lexi Freiman, "The Book of Ayn" (Catapult, 2023)
An interview with Lexi Freiman
34 min
577
Joseph Vogel, "James Baldwin and the 1980s: Wit...
An interview with Joseph Vogel
37 min
578
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
579
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
580
Nobuko Ishitate-Okunomiya Yamasaki, "Prostitute...
An interview with Nobuko Ishitate-Okunomiya Yamasaki
64 min
581
Edward J. Watts, "The Eternal Decline and Fall ...
An interview with Edward J. Watts
62 min
582
George MacLeod, "Mediating Violence from Africa...
An interview with George MacLeod
75 min
583
Daniel Shank Cruz, "Ethics for Apocalyptic Time...
An interview with Daniel Shank Cruz
43 min
584
Thomas Kelly, "The Inscription of Things: Writi...
An interview with Thomas Kelly
92 min
585
Eliza Minot. "In the Orchard" (Knopf, 2023)
An interview with Eliza Minot
37 min
586
Olga V. Solovieva, "The Russian Kurosawa: Trans...
An interview with Olga V. Solovieva
30 min
587
Anne E. Linton, "Unmaking Sex: The Gender Outla...
An interview with Anne E. Linton
58 min
588
Trent Masiki, "The Afro-Latino Memoir: Race, Et...
An interview with Trent Masiki
32 min
589
Pardis Mahdavi, "Hyphen" (Bloomsbury, 2021)
An interview with Pardis Mahdavi
29 min
590
Jonathan Kramnick, "Criticism and Truth: On Met...
An interview with Jonathan Kramnick
44 min
591
Saving the Brontë Birthplace
Christa Ackroyd and Steve Stanworth, in conversation with Duncan McCargo
27 min
592
Gary Saul Morson, "Wonder Confronts Certainty: ...
An interview with Gary Saul Morson
46 min
593
Jackson Lears, "Animal Spirits: The American Pu...
An interview with Jackson Lears
62 min
594
Bryan Washington, "Family Meal" (Riverhead Book...
An interview with Bryan Washington
43 min
595
Boria Sax, "Enchanted Forests: The Poetic Const...
An interview with Boria Sax
51 min
596
Peter Richardson, "Savage Journey: Hunter S. Th...
An interview with Peter Richardson
69 min
597
Caroline J. Smith, "Season to Taste: Rewriting ...
29 min
598
Overtaken by Awe: Sheila Heti speaks with Sunny...
41 min
599
Lindsey Claire Smith, "Urban Homelands: Writing...
An interview with Lindsey Claire Smith
32 min
600
Paul Fisher Davies, "Comics as Communication: A...
An interview with Paul Fisher Davies
64 min