Essays

An Interview with Renata Adler

from 2015, with annotations.

Mar 14 •

Catherine Lacey

Art that makes me cry

Fallen Leaves, the human figure, types of reality

Feb 26 •

Catherine Lacey

Hetisitic Horniness

On Sheila Heti's Alphabetical Diaries

Feb 12 •

Catherine Lacey

What free speech & subway surfing have in common

On Substack and other huge, dangerous necessities.

Jan 25 •

Catherine Lacey

Map of an Invisible Country

Notes from a very long lecture

Dec 18, 2023 •

Catherine Lacey

Letter from New York

Where are we? The question is historical not geographical.

Oct 31, 2023 •

Catherine Lacey

Blurbs: Some complaints & a proposal

How should a blurb be?

Sep 21, 2023 •

Catherine Lacey

I Feel Attacked!

On the Merve Emre profile, self-possession, and the hazards of being seen.

Aug 28, 2023 •

Catherine Lacey

On fearing the reader

Revision tactics, first readers, etc

Aug 7, 2023 •

Catherine Lacey

Ekstasis & Enstasis

From a talk given at the Jan Michalski Foundation July 6, 2023

Jul 7, 2023 •

Catherine Lacey

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