Elisa

Elisa Albert is the author of The Book of Dahlia and the short-story collection How This Night is Different.

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Fasting Still Relevant

Today is the Fast of Esther (or Ta-anit Esther, for the transliteration-happy among you). “Go…

Fundamentalist Christianity Makes For Kick-Ass Fiction

For those of us who like a) reading (instead of, like, reading about reading about…

Post Punk Goddess Reigns Supreme in the NYT

Some stuff I hope we can all agree on: Thoughtfully-prepared, fresh food is great! Cupcakes…

Happy Gregorian New Year!

New Year’s Eve blew even more tourist butt than usual this year. There was the…

Is The Styles Section Trying To Fuck With Us?

Hells yeah, it’s all coming together today. The front page of Thursday Styles brings it…

Shalom Auslander Is Pissed Off And We Love Him For It

Totally rollicking good time, this column.  Vitriol!  Misanthropy!  Mother-baiting! Gary Shteyngart’s comments in the New…

Bored

How many godforsaken hours can one possibly pass via Chinese food and movies? How many…

The Antidote

We all agree that the sexualization of children is evil (yes, we do), but never…