Cephalopods, Literary Brooklyn, and More

For one would-be writer, little magazine subculture was alienating.

Among a crisis in the humanities, scholars debate whether literary theory is avant-garde or lyric. But why choose?... more »

Sponges, corals, and cephalopods are very different from human beings. Do they nevertheless share aspects of our mental lives?... more »

Disappointments of literary Brooklyn. For one would-be writer, little magazine subculture was a…