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Lily Meyer

Lily Meyer is a writer, critic, and translator from Washington, DC. Her work appears in the Atlantic, NPR Books, Public Books, the Sewanee Review, and more, and her translation of Claudia Ulloa Donoso’s "Little Bird: Stories" is forthcoming from Deep Vellum in 2021.

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Alison Bechdel’s New Book Offers Some Secrets to “Superhuman Strength”

Avatar photo by Lily Meyer June 21, 2021June 24, 2021

In her supremely good graphic memoir, Bechdel considers her life-in-workouts, offering some surprising nuggets of wisdom on our endless quests for self-transformation.

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Plunder Dissects Napoleon’s Obsession with Stealing Art

Avatar photo by Lily Meyer May 20, 2021May 21, 2021

Using a mix of art, military, and intellectual history, Cynthia Saltzman argues that controlling art is a powerful way to control hearts and minds.

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Rachel Cusk Intertwines Art with Healthy Skepticism

Avatar photo by Lily Meyer May 4, 2021May 4, 2021

A fiercely odd, even unfashionably allegorical book, Second Place would be disappointing if it weren’t so bafflingly good.

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New Helen Frankenthaler Biography Favors Nostalgia Over Artist’s Interiority

Avatar photo by Lily Meyer March 23, 2021March 23, 2021

In Fierce Poise, the paternalistic attitude toward Frankenthaler undermines both the author’s gifts and the artist’s.

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A Once-Revolutionary Creative Fellowship for Women Artists

Avatar photo by Lily Meyer May 19, 2020May 18, 2020

Maggie Doherty’s The Equivalents follows the Radcliffe College Institute for Independent Study’s role in mid-century feminism, and explores the ways in which it fell short.

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Olivia Laing’s Essays Make a Case for Why Art Matters in Turbulent Times

Avatar photo by Lily Meyer May 11, 2020May 8, 2020

As exterior life shuts temporarily down, Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency is a useful reminder that connection can be intellectual as well as physical.

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