Reviews

Publication and editorial experience includes book and theater reviews, journal articles, conference proceedings, and a monograph on modern performance. Ph.D. in German Languages and Literature.

• "I Want to Be a Time Machine." Review of Time Rocker, directed by Robert Wilson, book by Darryl Pinckney, premiere at Thalia Theater, Hamburg, Germany, 1996
• "Talkin' bout My Degeneration." Review of preparadise sorry now, by R.W. Fassbinder, directed by Maya Gurantz, performed at Present Company Theatorium, New York, 1999
• "American History Lessons." Review of The Piano Lesson, by August Wilson, directed by Bette Howard, performed at Black Spectrum Theatre, New York, 2002

Reviews of books. These focus largely on my literary and historical interests. For example, I write about literature and critical theory, theater and performance studies, 20th-century history and media technology. Alongside these preoccupations, you'll also find a heavy German influence in these reviews and essays.

• "Memorial Undoings." Review of The Detachment/Die Entfernung: A Berlin Travel Guide by Sophie Calle. Dresden: Verlag der Kunst with Arndt & Partner Gallery and G+B Arts International, 1997. Published in: PAJ: Performing Arts Journal 65, May 2000, 22:2: 168-170
• "The Fate of a Dog." Review of Timbuktu by Paul Auster, New York: Henry Holt, 1999
• "Scenes before the Palace." Review of Szene vor dem Palast: Die Theatralisierung des Chors im Theater Einar Schleefs. Miriam Dreysse Passos de Carvalho. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 1999. Published in: Brecht Yearbook 25(2000): 429-431
• "Exploring the Technological Imaginary." Book reviews. Peter Lunenfeld, Snap to Grid: A User's Guide to Digital Arts, Media, and Cultures. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2000; Timothy Druckrey, ed. Ars Electronica: Facing the Future. A Survey of Two Decades. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 1999; and Mary Anne Moser with Douglas MacLeod, eds. Immersed in Technology: Art and Virtual Environments. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 1996. Published in: PAJ: Performing Arts Journal 71, May 2002: 24: 2: 120-123
• "Literary Studies +/- Literature: Friedrich A. Kittler's Media Histories." Introduction to an interview and translation, "The City Is a Medium." Published in: New Literary History, 1996: 27: 709-716

Literature in translation. Reviews of English translations. Some of these reviews were written for the New York State Council on the Arts and the American Translators Association.  

• "War Games: A History of War on Paper." 2013. Translation review for the Ungar Prize of the American Translators Association (ATA) 
• "Auguste Rodin." 2005. Winner. Translation review for ATA's Ungar German Translation Award 
• "The Ground of the Image." 2006. Translation review for ATA's Lewis Galantière Award 
• "On the Essence of Language." 2005. Translation review for ATA's Lewis Galantière Award 
• "Another Philosophy of History." 2005. Translation review for ATA's Lewis Galantière Award 
• "Faust: Part I." 2002. Translation review for ATA's Ungar German Translation Award 
• "Georg Letham: Murderer and Physician." 2002. Translation review for ATA's Ungar German Translation Award 
• "The End of Days." 2015. Winner. Translation review for ATA's Ungar German Translation Award 
• "The Complete First Edition." 2015. Translation review for ATA's Ungar German Translation Award 
• "Hermine: An Animal Life." 2007. Translation review for ATA's Ungar German Translation Award 
• "Kafka." 2013. Translation review for ATA's Ungar German Translation Award 
• "Berlin Now." 2015. Translation review for ATA's Ungar German Translation Award 
• "Underpants." 2002. Translation review of Carl Sternheim's play Die Hose, adapted by Steve Martin from the translation by Peter John Still. Produced by Classic Stage Company April 4-28, 2002