On June 26th, 2025, The Whitney Review of New Writing and New York Life Gallery presented an evening of readings by Grace Byron, Oscar Yi Hou, Ruby McCollister, and Venus Stevens, organized by Whitney Mallett. The event was in celebration of the final week of the gallery's exhibition, Something like living occurs, featuring artists Alessandra Acierno, Max Jahn, Nick Jensen, and Aks Misyuta. The four readers all contributed to the fifth issue of The Whitney Review of New Writing, which is about improvisation, honesty, wreckage, and taste.
The Whitney Review of New Writing is a generational shift in literary criticism. Bringing together author interviews, literary essays, and short-format book reviews, it offers an interdisciplinary perspective on the culture of reading and writing. Since its founding in 2023, the biannual newsprint journal has earned an unlikely cohort of admirers and partners for offering a much-needed expansion to the conservative world of literary criticism. Writing in all forms — from small-press poetry to celebrity memoir to advertising copy — is examined with wit, intelligence, and originality.
The Whitney Review of New Writing is a generational shift in literary criticism. Bringing together author interviews, literary essays, and short-format book reviews, it offers an interdisciplinary perspective on the culture of reading and writing. Since its founding in 2023, the biannual newsprint journal has earned an unlikely cohort of admirers and partners for offering a much-needed expansion to the conservative world of literary criticism. Writing in all forms — from small-press poetry to celebrity memoir to advertising copy — is examined with wit, intelligence, and originality.