Nikki Shaner-Bradford
About
Writing
Projects
Selected writing
Feminisms, short fiction published by Granta Magazine.
Blood and Guts in Art School, an interview with Lauren Elkin, for Bookforum.
Permission to Heal, introducing The New Yorker Documentary “Thank You For Your Service,” for The New Yorker.
Wear and Tear, a review of Sofi Thanhauser’s book Worn: A People’s History of Clothing, for Bookforum.
Let it Bleed, a review of Philippa Snow’s book Which as You Know Means Violence: On Self-Injury as Art and Entertainment, for Bookforum.
Rachel, short fiction published by no tokens.
Art Criticism That Pauses to Breastfeed, on recent books by Jazmina Barrera, Kate Zambreno, and the question of writing the body, for Astra Magazine.
Unfleshing, an essay on tech aesthetics and notions of beauty, for Real Life Magazine.
These Are Not the Margins, an interview with Bryan Washington, for The Paris Review Daily.
Elsewhere, I have written book reviews and essays that explore history, desire, reality TV, and Zen Buddhism, among other topics. For a time I contributed weekly short-form reviews (“staff picks”) to The Paris Review Daily, which can be discovered here.