Articles of Note

Take a bunch of clever, ambitious academics and tell them to publish as many papers as possible. What happens? The system gets gamed... more »

New Books

Jhumpa Lahiri has inspired a school of good immigrant fiction: Lahirism, in which pretty prose and realist narrative culminate in subtle revelation  ... more »

Essays & Opinions

Bloated by methodological hot air, literary studies is charged with callow polemicizing and careerist branding. Time to take a step back  ... more »