The crocodile of Taiwanese writer Qiu Miaojin’s recently translated first novel Notes of a Crocodile is and is not a …
Writing Reptiles: Qiu Miaojin’s Notes of a Crocodile
Bluestocking Notebook
Bluestocking Notebook is BLARB’s monthly column that contains the thoughts of Rhian Sasseen on a variety of subjects.
The Alt-Right’s Body Image Problem
Who exactly is the ideal citizen, and what is the preferred shape of the head-of-state? For centuries in the West, …
Literary Cookbooks: The Power of Culinary Melancholia
There came a point this winter at which I realized that I was reading more cookbooks than novels, more cookbooks …
Finding Answers in a Tarot Deck
Once around a new moon in Oakland, I stumbled somewhat accidentally into a magic shop. By that, I mean that …
What He Believed: Revisiting E.M. Forster’s Defense of Liberalism
“I do not believe in Belief.” So goes the first sentence of E.M. Forster’s 1939 essay “What I Believe,” written …
HillaryLooks and the Surreal World of Conservative Instagram
On and around November 8, 2016, American history changed. The transition was at once immediate — in the days that …
