Essays
The Invention of Whiteness: The Long History of a Dangerous Idea
Before the 17th century, people did not think of themselves as belonging to something called the white race.

Remembering Bill Knott
"Was he serious? You always wondered with Knott, but the mask never slipped."

More Essays…
Best American Poetry: Spend It All (01.13.12)
The Paris Review: Michael Friedman's Unwritten Columns (09.13.17)
The Paris Review: In Memoriam: Jenny Diski (04.29.16)
TNY: Kirill Medvedev's Personable Provocations (09.30.13)
TNY: Buddy Miller and Jim Lauderdale remember New York's country-music boomlet (03.01.13)
Best American Poetry: Dante, Near and Far (01.09.12)
Mayday: On negative reviewing (04.01.09)
Digital Emunction: A Lume Spento (11.18.09)
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