Newsletter 3/22/22

Dear Readers,

Here at the Greene Street Review, we hope that you had a restful break with plenty to read and time to boot. Our staff stayed busy catching up with the latest literary fads and rejuvenating with reliable classics. Royce read the medieval The Fairy-Queen, whereas Alice, the reality bending Atmospheric Disturbances. Chad caught up on the latest issues of BookForum, and Nathan got around to Alan Bloom’s newish translation of Plato’s Republic. Jonathan read Wolf Play, and Allegra recommends Junji Ito’s Tomie manga. Finally, The Green Street Review does not endorse This is How You Overcome Depression and instead suggests Happy Days by Samuel Beckett.

In addition to personal anecdotes, we at the Greene Street Review also have some acute recommendations for readers without the time to pick up a bound novel. Care for a take-down of the Ted-Talk? How about a countercultural-to-neoliberal history of “vibes”? Does a feminist column about the “bloated corpse of feminism” intrigue you? Then try the latest issue from the new wunderkind on the literary block: the drift. Prefer to stay classy? Well, there’s a new Paris Review, featuring a dutiful profile on Jamaica Kincaid and spellbinding poetry, like Tawanda Mulalu’s Second Sonnet:

You have constructed him. I hear

an aria again, I want to think strawberries,

I think mulch. There is too much potential in this dying

planet not to believe you are at the end of this. Yes, even I

hear you long enough to hear another person: and think she

was as clever as you said you were at the start of this: who

is not the point. I meant this Earth.

We look forward to publishing soon sometime in strawberry season and will keep you updated on the weeks to come. Stay vigilant.

Sincerely Signed,

The Greene Street Review