OXFORD REVIEW 
of BOOKS

YAGNISHSING DAWOOR - A year after the protests sparked by George Floyd's murder, Black art reclaims joy amidst violence.

ANNA WEBER - A European Anglophile reflects on post-Brexit Britain

EMILY WILDER - A re-examination of the homophobic undertones in Buñuel and Dalí's 1929 film, Un Chien Andalou

OLIVIA HOLLAND - the dazzling new novel from Rachel Cusk marks the height of this writer's career.

NICOLE JASHAPARA — 'our definition of "literary fiction" needs to be interrogated: the marketplace should not determine what is "original"'

REBECCA ABRAMS — In praise of full-stops and their authors.

KSENIA DUGAEVA — Megan Nolan's debut novel explores the realities of a toxic relationship and problematises female suffering.

ANNA WEBER — Has Daphne du Maurier been Chick-Flicked?

JOSEPH TURNER — Unravelling the ephemeral everyday in Leighton, Lafarge and Dugdale's latest collections.

HENRY WOODLAND – A call for poetic disorder, via Robin Williams, Ocean Vuong, and MFA programmes.

LIZ MURPHY – An analysis of what Joan Didion really means.

LUCY THYNNE – Is it possible to write a good internet novel?

MATHIAS GJESDAL HAMMER – Asking whether the Amazon CEO puts his money where his mouth is.

JULIA MERICAN & HENRY WOODLAND – 'Does the falling tree make a sound if it was not livestreamed on Instagram?'

SARAH SHEARD – A discussion of the 'static ideal' of the female body in art, from Praxiteles to Hambling.

TESS SOLOMON - The pandemic has exposed the ways in which time can both distort and be distorted.

GIANNI DE FALCO - A celebration of Black Country, New Road's self-reflexive triumph.

ALEKSANDRA MAJAK - A reflection on the boundary-crossing writing of Olga Tokarczuk.

PATRICK HAYES - A review of Blake Bailey's biography of the legendary American writer, Philip Roth.

WILLIAM NEUBAUER – An examination of the trials and joys of canonising soul music.