Laura Kipnis

All the Way to the River taps into an enduring strain of spiritual eccentricity and wandering in American literature, from the transcendentalists to the Beats.

In the philosopher’s world, provocation and controversy are inseparable from the examined life.

Lili Anolik’s new book sets the two writers up as rivals. But they were never in competition.

New books from Leslie Jamison and Lyz Lenz exude the glow of hard-won independence.

Separating the artist from the art is not the hard part.