Features | June 01, 1984

Featuring work by Russell Banks, Bruce Beasley, George Bogin, Christopher Buckley, Dino Campana, Rene Char, Fred Chappell, Reed Way Dasenbrock, Glover Davis, Robb Forman Dew, Katherine Estill, Kathy Fagan, Carol Frost, Margo Glantz, Daniel Halpern, Laura Hendrie, Katherine Kane, Hank Lazer, Michael Milburn, Ricardo Pau-Llosa, Omar Pound, Pattiann Rogers, Philippe Soupault… as well as an interview with Charles Simic and a special feature on Tennessee Williams.

Searching for Life   The writers in this issues find authenticity in ways that remind me of Stoic or existential thought. They speak of acting on one’s own, finding meaning…    read more

Sigrid Nunez has published nine novels, including A Feather on the Breath of God, The Friend, What Are You Going Through, and, most recently, The Vulnerables. Her first collection of…    read more

The Human Future: From Symbiosis to Transcendence    Bacteria to AI by N. Katherine Hayles. University of Chicago Press, 2025, 304 pp., $27.50 (paperback).    Alien Earths by Lisa Kaltenegger.…    read more