Criticism & Features

This is the tenth in Critical Mass's new Second Thoughts series, curated by Daniel Akst. More about this series, and how to submit, here. I remember how my first copy of Emma

This is the ninth in Critical Mass's new Second Thoughts series, curated by Daniel Akst. More about this series, and how to submit, here. The arrival of Spectre, the 24th official James

This is the eighth in Critical Mass's new Second Thoughts series, curated by Daniel Akst. More about this series, and how to submit, here. In a somewhat measured attempt to match the fine

This is the seventh in Critical Mass's new Second Thoughts series, curated by Daniel Akst. More about this series, and how to submit, here. I was a 9 year-old who liked to

This is the sixth in Critical Mass's new Second Thoughts series, curated by Daniel Akst. More about this series, and how to submit, here.  September 1989. There is a heat wave in

This is the fifth in Critical Mass's new Second Thoughts series, curated by Daniel Akst. More about this series, and how to submit, here.  “Whilst wandering there on a midsummer evening through

This is the fourth in Critical Mass's new Second Thoughts series, curated by Daniel Akst. More about this series, and how to submit, here.  Though most of these Second Thoughts pieces are

This is the third in Critical Mass's new Second Thoughts series, curated by Daniel Akst. More about this series, and how to submit, here.  “Here,” said my 12th-grade creative-writing teacher. “You might

This is the second in Critical Mass's new Second Thoughts series, curated by Daniel Akst. More about this series, and how to submit, here.  Asheville, North Carolina. By the time

Critical Mass's new Second Thoughts series, curated by Daniel Akst, begins this week. More about this series, and how to submit, here.  I have a perfectly clear memory of reading