Eric Vanderwall is a writer and musician. His work has previously appeared in On the Seawall, The Minnesota Star Tribune, World Literature Today, Rain Taxi, and elsewhere.
Eric Vanderwall
Articles
The Uncommitted Man
A new translation of Ivan Turgenev’s 1867 novel ‘Smoke’ explores the main concerns of the author’s life.
All Humanity Now Stands on the Edge of the Abyss
Vasily Grossman’s fearless and compelling war journalism demonstrates his courage and integrity as a writer and a man.
Destroy Humanism
Eric Vanderwall reviews Peter Behrman de Sinéty’s new translation of French author Pierre Guyotat’s memoir “Idiocy.”
The Knight of the Railways
Eric Vanderwall takes a ride with French author Mattia Filice’s debut novel “Driver,” newly translated by Jacques Houis.
Literature Versus Content: On Dubravka Ugrešić’s “Thank You for Not Reading”
Eric Vanderwall reviews the reissue of Dubravka Ugrešić 2003 book “Thank You for Not Reading: Essays on Literary Trivia,” translated by Celia Hawkesworth and Damion Searles.




