The New Yorker, Wesley Allsbrook, January 2025
/Illustration for The Weekend Essay
Writing as Transformation: Words and phrases came from nowhere; I rarely had any sense of what they meant or to what context they belonged.
By Louise Glück
Illustrator: Wesley Allsbrook
www.wesleyallsbrook.com
Art Director: Nicholas Konrad
“If you make things without knowing who or what is moving your hand and you've never had the privilege of reading Louise Glück, please consider this essay (or have your friend with a subscription export you a PDF?). She's a joy, and like with sculpture, you have to walk all the way around each piece to see how her forms fit together. With even more authority since she's left us to our busy lives, Glück seems almost able to prove that art can save us from the voices that harangue us, as surely as the act of making art is a secret communion.” -Wesley Allsbrook
