I wrote about the life and impact of Joan Rivers for The New Republic.
Writing by Lisa Levy
In Defense of Trash: Why Pleasure Should Never Be Guilty
I wrote about why I don’t believe in guilty pleasures for Literary Hub.
An Original Adventure
Me on the parties and pathos of Elizabeth Hardwick in the The Believer.
Critical Intimacy
On Susan Sontag’s life, death, and obituaries, from The Believer.
Addiction Books: 17 Modern Classics
I made a list of my favorite books about addiction for Crime Reads.
Crime Fiction’s “Girl” Problem: Mystery Genre Spotlight
I did a big summer/fall roundup of mysteries for Library Journal.
The New Sameness of Leslie Jamison’s Addiction Memoir
For JSTOR Daily, I wrote a critique of addiction memoirs featuring Leslie Jamison’s The Recovering: Intoxication and its Aftermath.
Psychological Suspense and the #MeToo Movement
I interviewed Alafair Burke about her prescient novel, The Wife, for Literary Hub.
On Crime Fiction and Rape Culture
I wrote about crime fiction’s rape problem for Literary Hub (since moved to Crime Reads).
