Making of a Poem: Maureen N. McLane on “Haptographic Interface”
The poem begins. Photograph courtesy of Maureen McLane. For our series Making of a Poem, we’re asking poets to dissect the poems they’ve published in our pages. Maureen N. McLane’s poem “ Haptographic Interface ” appears in the new Spring issue of the Review. How did this poem start for you? Was it with an […]
How to Think with Robert Pogue Harrison
He’s been called one of the America’s leading humanists , and now he’s taking a step back. Robert Pogue Harrison , Rosina Pierotti Professor in Italian Literature in the Department of French & Italian at Stanford and has formally retired and is now professor emeritus – but thank goodness he promises not to go away! […]
The Problem with Giant Book Preview Lists
This one goes out to any author who’s ever felt bad about not making it onto a list of most anticipated books of the season. And to their publicists. The book preview list is a highly imperfect form of coverage that seems to be, along with best-of the year lists, the most widely used kind […]