Criticism
Ishmael Reed’s “Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down”
My introduction to the Dalkey Archive Press edition of Reed’s postmodern Western. (“The Yeehaw Papyrus,” The New York Review of Books)Ishmael Reed’s “Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down”
Afro-Atlantic Histories
A review of “Afro-Atlantic Histories” at the National Gallery of Art. (The New Yorker)Afro-Atlantic Histories
Yoko Tawada
A review-essay on Yoko Tawada’s “exophonic” literature. (The New Yorker)Yoko Tawada
Mapping Climate Grief in “Norco”
A review of the award-winning indie game set in a Louisiana refinery town. (The New Yorker)Mapping Climate Grief in “Norco”
Apple TV’s Foundation
A review of the streaming adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s series. (“Lost in Space,” The New Yorker)Apple TV’s Foundation
Percival Everett
A review of his novel “Trees.” (“Dead Reckoning,” The New Yorker)Percival Everett
“Reconstructions” at MOMA
Review of an exhibition on architecture and imagining black futures. (Art in America)“Reconstructions” at MOMA