Books

Chris Kraus’s biography of the first female ‘Great Writer as Countercultural Hero’

As a new biography of the author is published, revisiting Kathy Acker's writing on literature, logic and the libido 

From being citizens to lovers, the most important things in life can’t be professionalized. Is it time for some politically-directed amateurism?

An interview with the late artist on the unique classification system he devised to organize his books

A swathe of exhibitions and a new English translation of La Monnaie vivante, Pierre Klossowski’s erotic theory of economics

From why its good to repeat jokes to how to keep it impersonal: what to read about this weekend

Writer Hari Kunzru speaks about his new novel, White Tears, a timely reflection on race, class and cultural appropriation in the US

Emily Witt's latest book offers a new approach to sexology 

Charlie Fox on a new translation of Hervé Guibert's chronicle of love, lust and drug-addled longing

An exclusive excerpt from Charlie Fox's new book, This Young Monster, published today by Fitzcarraldo Editions

From the Jannis Kounellis work that nobody wanted to Andrew Motion's defence of sane poets: what to read this weekend

Author and poet Susan Stewart's new book shows her abiding concern with lyric

Could online communication provide a new model for contemporary writing? Patrick Langley on two debut novels from George Saunders and Samanta Schweblin

Dan Fox pays tribute to the life and work of a writer, theorist, cultural commentator, and friend, who passed away last week

Tom Overton reflects on the life of a great storyteller with contributions on his art criticism, broadcasting and fiction

The re-release of Allan Sekula’s seminal book critiquing the bond between capitalism and representations of material culture

From Michael Gove to Mary Hurrell to Orange is The New Black, the year in review

A form of mental illness or a cultural norm that has shapeshifted over time?

A report from 'Inside', an Artangel project staged in the Reading prison that once held Oscar Wilde

The second of three articles exploring art, class and precarity: an interview with writer and sociologist Didier Eribon