In the Heart of the Heart of the Country – William H. Gass
Gass is not an obfuscator by nature, but rather one who would show you how a thing works, whether it’s the clockwork of a sentence by Henry James or the heart of a fascist.
Against the West: On Minae Mizumura’s A True Novel
Rare is the budding emigrant writer who rejects both America and its language, ensconcing herself in her room to devour books in her mother tongue.