Frederick Deknatel on Obama and the Middle East by Fawaz A. Gerges
“Obama’s Foreign Policy Crossroads”
October 22nd, 2012
“Letter From Cuba: The Religious Revival of a Communist State”By Antal Neville
Los Angeles Review of Books
Reviews
Colin Dickey on Vampyroteuthis Infernalis: A Treatise by Louis Bec and Vilém Flusser
“On the Trail of the Elusive Vampire Squid from Hell”
October 21st, 2012
Stephanie Bower on Why Have Kids?: A New Mom Explores the Truth About Parenting and Happiness by Jessica Valenti
October 19th, 2012
Rickey Vincent on Listen, Whitey! by Pat Thomas
“Louder Than a Bomb: On The Sounds of Black Power”
October 17th, 2012
Janelle Brown on Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures by Emma Straub
“One Impressionistic Snapshot At A Time”
October 16th, 2012
Menachem Kaiser on Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin by Timothy Snyder
“Unshared Histories: Timothy Snyder's "Bloodlands"”
October 16th, 2012
John Clute on The Hydrogen Sonata by Iain M. Banks
“Somewhere More Interesting than Arrival ”
October 16th, 2012
James Carter on The I Ching by Richard J. Smith
“The Book in the High Castle: On "The I Ching: A Biography"”
October 15th, 2012
Glen Roven on Skios by Michael Frayn
“Identity Is as Identity Does: Frayn’s Farce”
October 14th, 2012
Peter M. Nardi on Fooling Houdini and Trade of the Tricks by Alex Stone and Graham M. Jones
October 14th, 2012
Katy Evans-Bush on London: A History in Verse by Mark Ford
““Because London is Still a Kaleidoscope”: The City's History in Verse”
October 14th, 2012
Victoria Patterson on Summer of Hate by Chris Kraus
“The Strangeness of Reality: Chris Kraus’s Summer of Love”
October 14th, 2012
John Langan on Motherless Child by Glen Hirshberg
“Mina and Lucy at the Waffle House”
October 14th, 2012
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