In Search of Lost Time and Space in Kate Zambreno’s “The Light Room” – Chicago Review of Books

In Search of Lost Time and Space in Kate Zambreno’s “The Light Room” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] A novel Kate Zambreno reads during the first year of the pandemic opens with a description of an apartment walled by windows on all sides. The novel’s protagonist has recently separated from her husband, and she takes this sun-struck apartment for her three-year-old-daughter. Zambreno, a Guggenheim fellow, professor of writing at Columbia University, and … Read more

Overthinking or Underestimating in “Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead” – Chicago Review of Books

Overthinking or Underestimating in “Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] While events in the past year have left some hoping for a “return to normal” in the coming months, others must continue to cope with a very different day-to-day life, including those affected by the consequential uptick of mental health crises. So how do we collectively and individually begin to confront the reality of … Read more