All posts by Kevin Evers

November 18th, 2010

The Blurb #20: Joy Is a Job

I am, like you, a rabid reader of good books.

There are times, though, when I am not so feral. Reading is mostly a bust. Books fail. They fail to pinch my nerve. …more

October 7th, 2010

Listen to This

Whether writing about Mozart or Björk, punk rock or opera, Alex Ross urges readers to search for the moments when the familiar becomes strange. …more

August 26th, 2010

Renewed, Transfigured

Like boxes in storage, Andrea Scrima’s memories are itinerant. Wherever she resides, nothing seems to be in the right place. …more

July 12th, 2010

The Work of the Day, Which is Slaughtering

In Joshua Cohen’s hyperreal world of kitsch, the Sabbath becomes law, Auschwitz becomes Whateverwitz, and the world’s last Jew is on the run. …more

May 4th, 2010

From Old Notebooks

“As the writer wrestles with his book and his family, we reexamine our thoughts about the writer. It’s a performance in which writer and reader have equal billing.” …more

April 8th, 2010

Faith in Withheld Meanings

What do nuclear waste, suicide, and Las Vegas have in common? John D’Agata searches for meaning in the heart of Yucca Mountain …more

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Kevin Evers writes essays, reviews, fiction and nonfiction. His work has previously appeared at The Millions. He lives in Somerville, MA.

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