Critic at Large

Home
Notes
Architecture
Art
Books
Cinema
Literature
Museums
Music
Poetry
Archive
About

Books

Beyond Respectability
In an important book, Brittany C. Cooper asks us to reconsider the meaning and legacy of America’s Black female intellectuals.
Interview: Yiota Demetriou
Listen now | A discussion with Yiota Demetriou, PhD about her book "To You," and the art and process of writing.
1:00:10
Nox
In her elegy for a lost brother, Canadian poet Anne Carson creates a tomb from paper and ink.
The Book is Dead. Long Live the Book.
A current exhibit at Princeton University takes us into the work and ideas of a revolutionary literary mind.
On the Secrets of (and in) Books
A seminar on the "history and futures of the book" suggests just how special books are and can be.
"The Rules of Persuasion" Is Here
My new book on what persuasion is and how it works in all forms of human communication is now available.
© 2025 Carlos Alvarenga
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start WritingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture