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Lauren Elkin
Lauren Elkin is most recently the author of No. 91/92: notes on a Parisian commute (Semiotext(e)/Fugitives) and the UK translator of Simone de Beauvoir's previously unpublished novel, The Inseparables (Vintage). Her previous book Flâneuse: Women Walk the City (Chatto/FSG) was a finalist for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay, a New York Times Notable Book of 2017, and a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. Her essays have appeared in Granta, the London Review of Books, Harper’s, the New York Times, and Frieze, among others. Her next book, Art Monsters, will be out in July 2023 (Chatto/FSG). She lives in London.

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Maria Gainza’s ‘Optic Nerve’

Book Review

May 2019

Lauren Elkin

Book Review

May 2019

In his foreword to A Thousand Plateaus, on the pleasures of philosophy, and of Deleuze and Guattari’s philosophy in particular, Brian Massumi writes:  ...

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Issue No. 8

Barking From the Margins: On écriture féminine

Lauren Elkin

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Issue No. 8

 I. Two moments in May May 2, 2011. The novelists Siri Hustvedt and Céline Curiol are giving a talk...

Dear Friends, It’s been just over two months now since we launched our second issue at Daunt Books Cheapside and we have plenty of news to share, events to unveil and, most importantly perhaps, deals on subscriptions and past issues of The White Review We’d like to start, however, by congratulating Patrick McGuinness, who had a poem in our last issue, for making the Booker longlist with his novel The Last Hundred Days Issue 3 Our third issue will, this time around, launch in the Gallery on the third floor of Foyles’ flagship Charing Cross Road bookshop on 13 October from 6-830pm Following a brief presentation of the issue by the editors, British sculptor Richard Wentworth – interviewed here for our second issue – will be joined by author and critic Marina Warner – interviewed in the new issue – to discuss contemporary art and literature As usual, there will be some nibbles, lots to drink and an after-party in a nearby drinking establishment To reserve a space for the launch, please email editors@thewhiterevieworg Issue 3 will feature interviews with writers Will Self and the aforementioned Marina Warner but also an unusual discussion on artistic collaboration and contemporary art with Danish conceptual duo Elmgreen & Dragset Around the interviews will be the usual mix of fiction, poetry, reportage, essays, photography and artwork from two dozen artists and writers, all presented in our bespoke typeface As with the last issue, you can expect a few more innovative design features courtesy of The White Review’s artistic director and designer Ray O’Meara   Back Issues, Subscriptions & Tote Bags Ahead of the next launch, we are launching a subscription deal: £3999 gets you four issues (please specify which issue you’d like it to start at…) and a limited edition tote bag that will be sent out with the third issue in mid-October Visit our website for more details on this Please note this deal is only available until 13 October We’re

Contributor

August 2014

Lauren Elkin

Contributor

August 2014

Lauren Elkin is most recently the author of No. 91/92: notes on a Parisian commute (Semiotext(e)/Fugitives) and the UK...

The End of Francophonie: The Politics of French Literature

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Issue No. 2

Lauren Elkin

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Issue No. 2

I. We were a couple of minutes late for the panel we’d hoped to attend. The doors were closed and there was a surly-looking...

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poetry

January 2013

Three Poems from Strawberry Aftertaste/ Ostateczny Smak Truskawek

Genowefa Jakubowska-Fijałkowska

TR. Marek Kazmierski

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January 2013

  * * * zieleń jest zielona   z rana przymrozki   czujesz to w ziemi   w białej...

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February 2011

Middle East protests give lie to Western orthodoxies

Emanuelle Degli Esposti

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February 2011

For thousands of individuals across the Arab world, 2011 has already become the year in which the political and...

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September 2013

To Sing the Love of Danger

Adnan Sarwar

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September 2013

The Gulf War made my first year at Towneley High School uncomfortable. White lads taunted us Pakistanis with pictures...

 

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