Criticism
Africa and the Harlem Renaissance
A review of the artist Isaac Julien’s “Statues Never Die” and the scholar Kobena Mercer’s “Alain Locke and the Visual Arts.” (The New Yorker)Africa and the Harlem Renaissance
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