Essays

CRITICISM

A Gun and a Girl: The Case for Hard Case Crime

By Chris Barsanti
CRITICISM

An Open Letter to Jonathan Franzen

By Jennifer Niesslein
ESSAYS

On Launching My First Book

By Tess Taylor
CRITICISM

Thousands of Words: Galleries in Books

By Robert Birnbaum
PROFILES

Albert Murray, American Metaphysician

By Joel Dinerstein

Albert Murray has few peers with respect to the social function of the artist’s role in a democracy.

CRITICISM

Reading the Pictures: Graphic Novels

By Robert Birnbaum
CRITICISM

Hothouse in the Hot Seat

By Sarah Weinman
ESSAYS

Like? Whatever: Likability and the Nonfiction Writer

By Jennifer Niesslein
CRITICISM

The Beginning of the End for Native Americans

By Robert Birnbaum
ESSAYS

Four Different Ways of Looking at How “Things Fall Apart”

By Kevin Smokler