Full text finally available on the Believer website: I wrote about my former professor, Richard Poirer, for The Believer.
Writing by Lisa Levy
By Lisa Levy
Critic, essayist, TV addict, music fan, misanthrope. Writer for The New Republic, The Believer, the LARB, The Millions, The Rumpus, and others. Contributing editor at Literary Hub and Crime Reads.
Naben Ruthnum/Nathan Ripley on Crime and Curry
Profiling Nathan Ripley/Naben Ruthnum for Crime Reads was a lot of fun.
Breaking up with The Bachelor
I had a lot of thoughts about The Bachelor, which I wrote about for Avidly.
Rape Stories are Crime Stories
Here’s an essay I wrote for Crime Reads about why books about rape are labeled memoir instead of true crime.
Addiction Books: 17 Modern Classics
I made a list of my favorite books about addiction for Crime Reads.
