The Trouble with “Likes"
We’ve got Goodreads now; new book blogs seem to pop up every second. Few readers will be shocked to hear that traditional literary criticism is dying. The question is, should we revive it—and if so, in what form?
—“Don’t Kill the Critics”
New pieces will appear on the Table of Contents as they publish throughout the issue cycle.
Editor's Note
Don't Kill the Critics by Martha Nichols
Theme for this Issue
How a Literary Critic Slapped Me Awake by David Meischen
Literary Criticism Is Dead by Ron MacLean
"Wake up, New York Review of Boys!" by Amy Hoffman
Zadie Smith Talks About Death—Thank God by Lorraine Berry
Why Mainstream Critics Fail Writers of Color by Aimee Phan
George Orwell’s Radiant Idleness by Fred Setterberg
Who Cries for Critics Now? by Emily Boghossian
Love and Lit in the Time of Acne by Laurie Weisz
Personal Stories
Paige by Drew Ciccolo
The Sentence Thief by Christine Grimaldi
"Let's Put on a Play!" by Elizabeth Langosy
Poetry
Muriel Rukeyser: Beyond Safe Subjects by Carol Dorf
Alicia Ostriker: Poem by Alicia Ostriker
Beth Marzoni: "Anecdotes of the Border Crossing" by Beth Marzoni
Yvonne M. Estrada: Poem by Yvonne M. Estrada
Anita Barrows: Poem by Anita Barrows
Eric Wayne Dickey: Poem by Eric Wayne Dickey
Katharine Harer: Two Poems by Katharine Harer
Julia Stein: Poem by Julia Stein
Dawn McGuire: Poem by Dawn McGuire
Fiction
Deaf Uncle by Charlotte M. Porter
Interviews
Ron MacLean on Writing by Kelcey Parker
Art
The Goat Child: Isti Mirant Stella by Theresa Williams
Columns
Quality, Schmality—Indie Lit Rocks! by David Biddle
A Feminist Invades the Halls of Phallocracy by Emily Toth
Artwork in this Issue
Featured Artist: Sarah Katharina Kayß
- Talking E-News: Winter 2014
- Winter 2014 cover
- “Is Literary Criticism Dead?”
- “Wake up, New York Review of Boys!”
