Like kids illicitly staying up late under blankets to read, Candice Saint Williams and Ren Gray incant Chris Kraus’s Social Practices (2018) under the glow of iPhone flashlights. The book—part essay, part memoir, part fiction, altogether something else—takes on new life in their mouths, as pauses, mispronunciations, and laughter are shared as if we are reading the book alongside them. In this act of literary endurance, Kraus’s text is transformed into a high-brow bedtime story.

Recommended Reading: Social Practices by Chris Kraus