Biography
Lily Scherlis researches the relationship between personality, economic value, and aesthetic value in the twentieth and twenty-first century. Her interests include the cultural history of social science, psychoanalysis, ethnography and oral history, self-help literature, media studies, literary character, political economy, and the sociology of cultural production.
Her writing has appeared in Parapraxis, The Baffler, The Drift, The Guardian, Cabinet Magazine, Post45 Contemporaries, Jacket2, and elsewhere. Her work in video art and performance has been featured in programming at the Renaissance Society, daadgalerie, and Smart Museum of Art. From 2020–2023 she was the Nonfiction Editor at Chicago Review, and continues to teach the practice of literary criticism. Her work can be found at lilyscherlis.com.
Selected Recent Work
- “Boundary Issues,” Parapraxis Magazine
- “Space and Time,” performance lecture at daadgalerie
- “Good, Likeable People Who Love Each Other,” Post45 Contemporaries