Zadie Smith – Elizabeth Allan

Anti-Social Media

March 7, 2018 by E. Beth Allan

Zadie Smith recently released a collection of essays in a book called Feel Free. One of the older essays, Generation Why?, is a review of the Facebook-inspired movie The Social Network as well as a savage indictment of social media… Read more →

Swing Time by Zadie Smith

November 29, 2016 by E. Beth Allan

Unlike my other literary heroines—Jane Austen and George Eliot—I feel lucky to be Zadie Smith’s contemporary and to have read each of her novels upon release. I’ve grown up with her themes and Swing Time is no exception. The details… Read more →

“Quietly Devastating”

March 17, 2013 by E. Beth Allan

That phrase came from a review of Zadie Smith’s recent novel NW but could as easily be applied to two movies I’ve been wanting to see for a while but – based on the reviews – couldn’t quite face.… Read more →

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