This chronicle of my headache woes has gotten a wonderful response. Thanks to everyone who read on Medium.
Writing by Lisa Levy
We’re Living in the Joan Rivers Age of Comedy
I wrote about the life and impact of Joan Rivers for The New Republic.
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.
My 2019 Top Ten List
We did a bunch of year-end lists at Crime Reads (I particularly did the psychological thrillers) but I thought maybe I’d do a more inclusive year-end list, which reflects what I actually read, These are in no particular order, though I’d make a special plea for Snyder’s book, which I don’t feel like it got the publicity it deserves:
The Books of Susan Sontag, Ranked
For a Sontag geek like me this was pure pleasure (at Lit Hub).
The Great Hipster Mystery: Defining a Canon
I am unduly proud of this.
The Underappreciated Genius of Justified
I wrote about one of my very favorite shows, Justified, over at CrimeReads.
The Dark and Dreamy Noir of The Great Gatsby
I wrote about my special relationship to Gatsby and its noir undertones at CrimeReads.
