The Cook, The Surrealist, Her Husband-Thief, and His Manifesto: Emmeline Clein on Literary Cookbooks

Buy Volume 1, out now, here :) (https://www.clereviewofbooks.com/store/p/volume-01) We talk with Chapman Caddell about his piece “View from the Couch: Success, “The Topeka School,” and “A Fan’s Notes.” Fiction-criticism, criticism-fiction, a loser’s guide to the future of contemporary literature, the careerist novel, “36 on the ACT-core” prose, Henry James in Philly, literary criticism in Argentina, and a young Ben Lerner in the grocery store. Stay in touch with us by subscribing to our newsletter. Find subscription plans, print issues, and merch at our online store. Music/beats by producer aLiVE of Muamin Collective. Piece: https://www.clereviewofbooks.com/writing/view-from-the-couch-the-topeka-school-a-fans-notes-the-novel Newsletter: www.clereviewofbooks.com/newsletter Store: www.clereviewofbooks.com/store Muamin Collective Bandcamp: muamincollective.bandcamp.com/album/tailor-made Pieces or Works Mentioned: “The Pound Era” by Hugh Kenner (University of California Press, 1971) (PDF easily available online) “A Golden Age” by Ryan Ruby (article published by Vinduet, April 2023) (https://www.vinduet.no/essayistikk/a-golden-age-ryan-ruby-on-literary-criticism-and-the-internet/) “The Golden Age of the Working Critic”, American Vandal Podcast (Criticism LTD series, hosted by Matt Seybold) (https://marktwainstudies.com/goldenage/) We didn’t specifically talk about this piece, but I’d never heard of Piglia before so this is worth sharing. “Ricardo Piglia’s Prescient Conspiracies” (Article published by the New Yorker in 2017) (https://www.newyorker.com/books/second-read/ricardo-piglias-prescient-conspiracies) “Jock Itch: Toxic Fandom in the Novels of Frederick Exley and Chris Bachelder” by Mina Tavakoli (Article published by Bookforum, July 2022) (https://www.bookforum.com/fiction/toxic-fandom-in-the-novels-of-frederick-exley-and-chris-bachelder-25002)