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Articles by Catherine Keyser
Can a Recipe Save Your Life?
A recipe can be more than a guide to making food. A recipe can be a mantra, a ritual, a symbolic stay against chaos in the psyche and in the world. A hybrid genre that some have called the “foodoir” combines memoir with recipes, inviting the reader to participate in culinary appreciation and preparation. By simmering bouillabaisse, frying catfish, or roasting an eggplant, the reader of this genre can—in imagination, at least—travel through France with Alice B. Toklas and Gertrude Stein (The Alice B.
Who Cares about Literary Prizes?
Earlier this morning, the Booker Prize judges announced their shortlist for 2019, stamping just six novels—out of the more than 100,000 new titles published in English so far this year—with the prize’s seal of approval. Though the £2,500 that each finalist will receive pales in comparison to the £50,000 grand prize, the Booker is quick to point out that there are no losers here.
Are Sharp Women Enough?
Twitter was a medium made for Dorothy Parker—alas, a century too late. Her famous poem “Resumé” is 141 characters. Her breakout feature in Vanity Fair, a series of Hate Songs, begs for a hashtag. Parker mastered the meme before it was a concept. Queens of Twitter snark like Molly Jong-Fast, Kashana Cauley, and Lauren Duca carry her mantle. Parker was convinced that wit was an inadequate response to the pressing crises of her time.
Ingestion / The White Rabbit and His Colorful Tricks | Catherine Keyser
Fall 2017–Winter 2018 Breakfast cereal, dietary purity, and race Catherine Keyser “Ingestion” is a column that explores food within a framework informed by aesthetics, history, and philosophy. In 2015, General Mills reformulated Trix with “natural” colors. Customers complained that the bright hues of their childhood cereal were now dull yellows and purples. Two years later, the company released Classic Trix to stand on store shelves alongside so-called No, No, No Trix, the natural version.
On Our Nightstands: June 2018
At Public Books, our editorial staff and contributors are hard at work to provide readers with thought-provoking articles. But when the workday is done, what is ... At Public Books, our editorial staff and contributors are hard at work to provide readers with thought-provoking articles. But when the workday is done, what is actually on our nightstands? Here we bring you, in our own words, a behind-the-scenes look at what we have been reading this month.
One Part Fantasy, One Part Reality Is a Child’s Perfect Formula
Children’s Books Feb. 16, 2018 Image Dory Fantasmagory (right) and friend. Many series for fledgling readers feature mischievous girls and their grade-school exploits: Ramona Quimby, Junie B. Jones and Clementine, to name a few. Others, like the Magic Treehouse books, send children on fantasy adventures. Abby Hanlon’s marvelous Dory Fantasmagory series, featuring the plucky heroine Dory, also known as Rascal, combines the two.
The YA Resistance | Public Books
With tedious regularity, cultural commentators turn up their noses at Young Adult fiction, grumbling that it allows readers who should know better to indulge in “escapism, instant gratification, and ...
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