Robert Minto

Essayist, critic, and storyteller

Welcome—I'm Robert Minto, a freelance essayist, critic, and occasional short story writer. You can find a selection of my publications below. To commission me, complain about something I've written, or just to say hello, email me at rmdmphilosopher [at] gmail [dot] com.

Essays

Rank and File (On Note-taking) Real Life Magazine
What They Wrote About the War Los Angeles Review of Books
The Gesture of the Text 3:AM Magazine
The Wound in the Willows Los Angeles Review of Books
A Smuggling Operation: John Berger's Theory of Art Los Angeles Review of Books
Free Roaming Real Life Magazine

Book Reviews

On the notebooks of Patricia Highsmith Los Angeles Review of Books
On a biography of Sybille Bedford On the Seawall
On the essays of D.H. Lawrence Los Angeles Review of Books
On the essays of László Földényi On the Sea Wall
On a book about Edith Wharton's library Los Angeles Review of Books
On the notebooks of Philippe Jaccottet On the Sea Wall
On a biography of Susan Sontag Los Angeles Review of Books
On a book about Simone Weil The Hedgehog Review
On the notebooks of Samuel Delany The New Republic
On a biography of Montaigne Los Angeles Review of Books
On the essays of Ursula K. Le Guin The New Republic
On a memoir by James Atlas The New Republic

Short Stories

The Heart in Her Hands Beneath Ceaseless Skies
For Rain is to Wet and Fire to Burn Beneath Ceaseless Skies
The Fear of Missing Out Asimov's Science Fiction [as R.H. Cloake]
The Moneylender's Angel Beneath Ceaseless Skies
The Winds and Persecutions of the Sky Interzone