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The Bargaining Chips Are … Chips: On Chris Miller’s “Chip War”
Historian of technology Patrick McCray describes Chris Miller’s “Chip War” as “an account of how chips became a strategically vital resource whose importance is overlooked at our peril.” Miller has placed his own chips on this point. His bet has largely paid off, according to McCray....
POLITICS
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
HISTORY
A Leaky Manual on Living with Uncertainty: On Julia Armfield’s “Our Wives Under the Sea”
Zander Allport reviews Julia Armfield’s “Our Wives Under the Sea.”...
FICTION
LITERARY FICTION
The Self Is a Collaborative Thing: A Conversation with David Baker
Daniel Shailer asks David Baker about his new collection of poems, “Whale Fall.”...
Mussolini’s Kitchen: On Diana Garvin’s “Feeding Fascism”
Anne Wingenter feasts upon Diana Garvin’s history of 1930s Italian kitchens, Feeding Fascism....
Fooled You: On Donna Tartt’s Genre Fiction
Richard Joseph ponders Donna Tartt’s curious exclusion from the “genre turn” canon....
The Philosophy of Shittiness: On Kieran Setiya’s “Life Is Hard”
Helena de Bres reviews Kieran Setiya’s new book, “Life Is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way.”...
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The Philosophy of Shittiness: On Kieran Setiya’s “Life Is Hard”
Helena de Bres reviews Kieran Setiya’s new book, “Life Is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way.”...
PHILOSOPHY & CRITICAL THEORY
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Dreaming New Worlds: A Conversation with Ekow Eshun
Eric Newman interviews Ekow Eshun, curator of “In the Black Fantastic,” a recent speculative arts exhibit at London’s Hayward Gallery and its eponymous companion book from MIT Press....
ART & ARCHITECTURE
SF
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Survival Strategies: On Meghan Gilliss’s “Lungfish”
Amanda Paige Inman reviews Meghan Gilliss’s debut novel “Lungfish.”...
FICTION
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The Music of the Ordinary: On Stanley Cavell’s “Here and There”
Michael S. Roth considers Stanley Cavell's "Here and There: Sites of Philosophy."...
LITERARY CRITICISM
PHILOSOPHY & CRITICAL THEORY
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Andrew Sean Greer’s “Less Is Lost”
Andrew Sean Greer joins Eric Newman to talk about “Less Is Lost,” a sequel to his 2017 Pulitzer Prize winner, “Less.”...
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