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”