Stephanie Burt
IN Fall 2026
After Lana Del Rey Our lives wouldn’t need to be sweet if we could be chaste, and solitary, and feel complete. We could stay safe in our homes, and […]
Read MoreIN Spring 2026
The dulse lay dry and ample on the flats beside the sea, and the tall girl’s mother had caught a tenday’s worth of mackerel, but the tall girl was still […]
Read MoreIN Spring 2023
For fewer but more perfect blooms, experts say to prune the buds. —Sara Wainscott, Insecurity Systems The ideas in this essay have not led me to quit or walk […]
Read MoreIN Fall 2021
By now the divide is clear: it looks like the same divide that bedevils prose fiction, or did until recently. Comics and graphic novels get framed as serious literature, if […]
Read MoreIN Winter 2020