Readings

The curator Hans Ulrich Obrist is famous for his interviews, which unlock “forces effective in visual arts,” even for those not versed in its rarefied vocabulary. And this has made him as well-known as his subjects.

Few literary forms irk readers more than the confessional; but few literary forms draw them in quite as reliably. So what makes a confessional artful, and what makes it crass? Exhibit A: Elizabeth Wurtzel and Nicholson Baker.