Lauren Elkin: 2 books
Flâneuse
Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice, and London
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
FINALIST FOR THE PEN/DIAMONSTEIN-SPIELVOGEL AWARD FOR THE ART OF THE ESSAY
A New York Times Notable Book of 2017
The flâneur is the quintessentially masculine figure of privilege and leisure who strides the capitals of the world with abandon. But it is the flâneuse who captures the...
The End of Oulipo?
An attempt to exhaust a movement
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
The Oulipo celebrated its fiftieth birthday in 2010, and as it enters its sixth decade, its members, fans and critics are all wondering: where can it go from here? In two long essays Scott Esposito and Lauren Elkin consider Oulipo's strengths, weaknesses, and impact on today's experimental literature.