Masterpiece or soap opera? The aptly and yet ironically named novel A Little Life (it’s literally the size of a brick) has swept across the US and Europe with much fanfare, so much that its author, the otherwise unknown Hanya Yanagihara, appeared at this year’s Louisiana Literature. Here, two Arkers present you with each their own… Keep Reading
In the world of today, our individual worth in society is measured in output, in productivity, in competences. Reading as a slow, inward and undirected activity is therefore its own act of resistance against and within a neoliberal agenda. Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, and goodnight! Here you are, in an unspecified time, most likely… Keep Reading
In which we get a little closer to Nell Zink, Hanya Yanagihara, and Erica Jong. But not Karl Ove Knausgaard, because the tent was too full to get close to him. As I sit on the steps of Poul Gernes’ pyramid sculpture overlooking the water and letting Karl Ove Knausgaard’s Norwegian lilt roll over me,… Keep Reading