Posts by: Lindsey Gilbert

A heap of unidentifiable shards: on Vivian Gornick’s The Odd Woman and the City

Jul, 2015 | by

It used to be that we offered one another the best versions of ourselves. Now we do our best to give the worst. I’m supremely flawed, we all recite in…

Eyebrows, Cigarettes, Etcetera

May, 2012 | by

In Ben Lerner’s debut novel, someone is always lighting a cigarette. Awkward social situation? Time for a smoke. Waiting for a table? Cigarette, please. Terrorist attacks on Madrid’s commuter trains?…