cherilyn parsons

A Theory of the Young-Girl

Cherilyn Parsons / Truthdig Nov 22, 2013 A slim, shattering book by a French collective called Tiqqun shows us the “Young-Girl” in everyone in consumer society -- experiencing ourselves almost entirely as commodities to be valorized and marketed.A slim, shattering book by a French collective called Tiqqun shows us the “Young-Girl” in everyone in consumer society—almost entirely as commodities to be valorized and marketed. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

In-Depth Review and Analysis of the 2013 Pulitzer Winner for Fiction

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Apr 17, 2013 Cherilyn Parsons, in her Truthdig review of "The Orphan Master's Son," wrote that the book, which just won the Pulitzer Prize, is "a rich, careening, dystopian tale that stretches the form of a novel to give us a visceral hit of life inside North Korea." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gazing Into the ‘Secret Center’ of the Novel

Cherilyn Parsons / Truthdig Apr 29, 2011 “The Naive and the Sentimental Novelist” by Orhan Pamuk is a love letter to the literary novel It can expand your awareness and joy of reading For novelists, it’s a treasure trove. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Jonathan Franzen in Womanland

Cherilyn Parsons / Truthdig Oct 1, 2010 "Freedom" is about something important, but the hubbub about how the critical establishment favors male literary writers like Franzen is also significant Why has everyone cared so much? Because fiction matters. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )