29 stories by "Brian Dillon"
C'est cool . . . Ann Scott's novel set amid a '90s Parisian milieu of techno beats, club drugs, and bisexual ravers.
Superstars, by Ann Scott, translated by Jonathan Woollen,
Astra House, …
A collection of Irish writer Mary Lavin's most skillful, subtle, and furious short stories, selected and introduced by Colm TóibÃn.
An Arrow in Flight: Selected Stories, by Mary Lavin…
The latest novel by Helle Helle captures with casual intensity and uncanny grace the relationship between a terminally ill mother
and her teenage daughter.
they, by Helle Helle, translated…
In Matthew Rice's book-length poem, a portrait of the poet on a factory night shift.
plastic: A Poem, by Matthew Rice,
Soft Skull, 90 pages, $15.95
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Plathies and Swifties unite: Maggie Nelson's latest explores the overlap between the star poet and the pop star.
The Slicks: On Sylvia Plath and Taylor Swift, by Maggie Nelson,
Graywolf Pr…
A new reissue of Claude Cahun's 1930 "anti-memoir," accompanied by photomontages made with their partner Marcel Moore.
Cancelled Confessions (or Disavowals), by Claude Cahun, translated by …
Absurdities, conspiracies, homegrown fascists: in Thomas Pynchon's novel set in 1932, the more things change, the more they stay the same.
Shadow Ticket, by Thomas Pynchon, Penguin Press, 2…
Through the works of Kafka, Berger, Sebald, and more, Kate Zambreno's book reflects on our perceptions of nonhuman animals and
our own animal nature.
Animal Stories, by Kate Zambreno,
Tra…
The profound lightness of being: a moving, amusing first
memoir by Geoff Dyer.
Homework: A Memoir, by Geoff Dyer,
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 276 pages, $29
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Amid the twisted humor of Lynne Tillman's short stories, an incomparable chronicling of human relations.
Thrilled to Death, by Lynne Tillman,
Soft Skull, 304 pages, $27
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You say hello, I say goodbye: Michael Erard's new study explores the range of meanings of first and final words.
Bye Bye I Love You: The Story of Our First and Last Words, by Michael Erard,…
Unverifiable unverifiable unverifiable: in Ali Smith's new novel, two young siblings navigate the powers and failings of language in a dystopian future.
Gliff, by Ali Smith,
Pantheon Books…
In seventy-four poems by Hannah Arendt, a document of the
philosopher's interior life.
What Remains: The Collected Poems of Hannah Arendt,
translated and edited by Samantha Rose Hill and …
Rage inside the machine: in Kevin Killian's product reviews of books, films, and sundry items, a poetic project to "queer everything."
Selected Amazon Reviews, by Kevin Killian,
Semiotext(…
Simon Critchley examines the relationship between storied mystical traditions and the transformative properties of artistic practice.
Mysticism, by Simon Critchley,
New York Review Books, …
Agent provocateur without a cause: Rachel Kushner’s latest novel follows an American secret agent with no loyalties and even fewer judgments.
Creation Lake, by Rachel Kushner, Scribne…
An endearing and suitably messy biography of the
pioneering punk vocalist.
Infinite Dreams: The Life of Alan Vega, by Laura Davis-Chanin and Liz Lamere, foreword by Bruce Springsteen,
Bac…
Earth to E.T. . . . ? Daniel Oberhaus's book investigates the history of human efforts to communicate with alien intelligence.
Extraterrestrial Languages, Daniel Oberhaus,
MIT Press, 252 p…
Memories, speak: in a novel by Monika Zgustova, the story of Véra and Vladimir Nabokov's marriage, and the fallout of an early affair, is triangulated through a prism of perspectives.
A Re…
In Diane Seuss’s sixth collection, a cobbling together
of forms and forbears.
Modern Poetry: Poems, by Diane Seuss, Graywolf Press, 112 pages, $26
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Is Anne Carson nice or happy? Right or wrong question?
Wrong Norma, by Anne Carson, New Directions, 191 pages, $17.95
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In May 2017, the New Yorker published a pro…
Audrey Schulman's new novel tells a profound tale of mind control, misogyny, language learning, and interspecies connections at a 1960s marine research facility.
The Dolphin House, by Audre…
Aphorisms and aesthetics: a new translation reveals the strange stylings of writer, artist, and filmmaker Jean Cocteau.
Secrets of Beauty, by Jean Cocteau, translated by Juliet Powys,
Eris…
In Derrida's lectures, a generously ambiguous approach to thinking about paradox, power, and borders during a time of global emergency.
Hospitality, Volume I, by Jacques Derrida, translated…
A River of Gentrification Runs Through It: Jonathan Lethem's new fiction chronicles neighborhood tales from the '60s to the present.
Brooklyn Crime Novel, by Jonathan Lethem, Ecco, 373 page…
