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“Scientific Nightmare”: The Backstory of the “DSM”

Andrew Scull gives stellar marks to Allan Horwitz’s history of the DSMs....

Oct 25

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ANDREW SCULL

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Quarterly Journal: No. 31, Semipublic Intellectual Issue

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Storyteller Strategist: A Conversation with Susan Orlean

Yvonne Conza speaks to Susan Orlean about animalish curiosities, the writing process, and the meaning of memoirs....

Oct 24

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YVONNE CONZA

Control Everything: On Hartmut Rosa’s “The Uncontrollability of the World”

Paul J. D’Ambrosio finds meaning in “The Uncontrollability of the World,” the new book from Hartmut Rosa....

Oct 24

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PAUL J. D’AMBROSIO

Ghosts of Grief: On S. A. Cosby’s “Razorblade Tears”

Gabino Iglesias takes a look at the grief and guilt that propel S. A. Cosby’s “Razorblade Tears.”...

Oct 24

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GABINO IGLESIAS

Love Objects: On the Poetry and Prose of Aaron Kunin

Griffin Shoglow-Rubenstein considers the “organizing concerns” of Aaron Kunin....

Oct 23

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GRIFFIN SHOGLOW-RUBENSTEIN

Oswald Newman Saenz

Two Blue Angels (2021) colored marker on paper, 20 x 16 inches; Installation shot of Deborah. Images courtesy Summertime and the artist.

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A Language for Herself: A Conversation with Ye Chun

Brian Castleberry talks with Ye Chun about her new collection of short stories, “Hao.”...

BRIAN CASTLEBERRY

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I Don't Want to Have to Think

I wanted to write a memoir but the connective tissue of the memoir didn't interest me. I wanted to render memories that would pop up like mushrooms and quickly vanish. I owe much to where I was raised, in a black ...