robert p. baird in black and white
2009
+ A review of Keith Waldrop’s Transcendental Studies: A Trilogy at Bookforum.
+ A translation of two chapters from Jorge Edwards’s novel La casa de Dostoievski in Chicago Review 55:1.
+ “Carrara,” a poem, at The Cultural Society
+ A review of Elizabeth Benedict’s anthology Mentors, Muses & Monsters at Bookforum
+ A translation (with Wes Enzinna) of Horacio Castellanos Moya’s essay “Bolaño, Inc.” at Guernica. (More from The New Yorker and The Guardian.)
+ An essay on Walter Bagehot’s Lombard Street (1873) at Naked Capitalism.
+ “Still Life with New York,” a short story, in issue 05 of BRAND Magazine.
+ A response to Kent Johnson’s “Some Darker Bouquets,” in the Spring issue of Mayday Magazine.
+ Three reviews–of Paul Guest, Rae Armantrout, and Juan Felipe Herrera–here at digital emunction.
+ A review of Joseph Donahue’s Terra Lucida, in the February/March issue of Bookforum.
2008
+ “Spiel of Fortune,” a review of Campbell McGrath’s Seven Notebooks, in the summer issue of Bookforum. See my follow-up exchange with McGrath here.
+ “Command Decisions: Crafting a Test for Presidential Candidates” in the April 21 Chicago Tribune
+ “Three Questions for Charles Simic” in the April issue of Chicago Magazine.
+ “A boost not only for Obama” (on the Kennedy endorsements) in the February 3 Chicago Tribune
2007
+ “Paradise Lost: Why Doesn’t Anyone Read Dante’s Paradiso?“ at Slate
+ “Poetry Magazines & Women Poets” [PDF] (with Joshua Kotin) in Chicago Review 53:2/3
+ Review of Eliot Weinberger’s An Elemental Thing [PDF] in Chicago Review 53:2/3
+ Review of Peter Larkin’s Leaves of Field [PDF] in Chicago Review 53:1
2006
÷ "The Seduction of Reasons" — Sightings column on Martin Amis’s "The Age of Horrorism" (See the original uncut version here.)
÷ Translations of Wu Ming’s "In Like Flynn" [PDF] and "The Emperor’s Three Hundred Woodcutters" [PDF] in Chicago Review 52:2/3/4
÷ Interview with Wu Ming [PDF] in Chicago Review 52:2/3/4
2005
÷ Review of Harry Thomas, ed. Montale in English [PDF] in Chicago Review 51:3
+ “The Fetishist” in Il mirtillo palustre 1.
