Elisabeth Ladenson

Elisabeth Ladenson is the author of Dirt for Art’s Sake and Proust’s Lesbianism. She teaches French and comparative literature at Columbia University.

I Have No Cellphone. It’s Not About You.

All You Zombies

How is it possible in this day and age, you ask? A survivor’s tale of life during the screen zombie apocalypse.

Elisabeth Ladenson | Published Sep 07, 2015

Murder in the Quiet Car

Shut Up, He Explained

Amtrak’s designated quiet cars ought to be conducive to silence and peaceful contemplation. Turns out they’re tense battlegrounds between the entitled and the noise police.

Elisabeth Ladenson | Published Jul 24, 2015

PROUSTAPALOOZA

<p>At the age of 100, it seems that there’s nothing hotter than Marcel Proust’s <i>Remembrance of Things Past</i>. Elisabeth Ladenson on how he got so damn popular, despite his best intentions.</p>

Elisabeth Ladenson | Published Oct 03, 2013