Julian Lucas

Fiction

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”

Fernanda Melchor’s “Hurricane Season”

A review of the novelist’s dark fairy tale exploration of femicide in Mexico. (The New York Times Book Review)
Fernanda Melchor’s “Hurricane Season”

Caleb Crain, Yoko Ogawa, and Digital Surveillance

A review-essay on two novels concerned with surveillance. (The New York Times Book Review)
Caleb Crain, Yoko Ogawa, and Digital Surveillance

Teju Cole’s “Blind Spot”

A review of the writer’s debut photography exhibition and accompanying book, which explore the limits of vision. (The New York Review of Books)
Teju Cole’s “Blind Spot”