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Who Was His Little Brother, and Why Was He Killed?

A writer tries to unravel the mystery of who killed his friend — and the friend’s different identities....

May 24

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JEANNETTE COOPERMAN

MEMOIR & ESSAY

Sophomoric Sophomores: On Elif Batuman’s “Either/Or”

Batuman’s follow-up to her Pulitzer-nominated debut is another breathless exploration of college life....

May 24

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GRACE LINDEN

FICTION

In the Tongue a Knife, in the Knife a Tongue: On Fernanda Melchor’s “Paradais”

Melchor’s new novel is overwhelming, violent, frightening, and leavened by a dark sense of humor....

May 23

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LOWRY PRESSLY

Remedial Humanities: On Roosevelt Montás’s “Rescuing Socrates”

A stirring if not fully persuasive defense of the university’s role in the formation of an informed citizenry....

May 23

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IGNACIO M. SÁNCHEZ PRADO

Surviving Destruction: What Keeps Going in Eugenie Brinkema’s “Life-Destroying Diagrams”

Jorge Cotte reviews Eugenie Brinkema’s “Life-Destroying Diagrams,” a monograph in defense of radical formalism....

May 23

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JORGE COTTE

The Internet Is a Crime Against Humanity

Justin E. H. Smith’s new book, “The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is,” shows how the human dream of telecommunication has been twisted into a nightmare....

May 22

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JOSHUA JUDD PORTER

3 and 4 at 12.26 West in Los Angeles

Ida Badal’s More Trance (2022), oil on canvas, 72 x 48 inches; Nik Gelormino’s Flower Stool (no. 05), (2022), cedar, 17½ x 10½ x 17½ inches.

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The Internet Is a Crime Against Humanity

Justin E. H. Smith’s new book, “The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is,” shows how the human dream of telecommunication has been twisted into a nightmare....

JOSHUA JUDD PORTER

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

You Must Change Your Writing Style: Ward Farnsworth’s Guidebooks to English Virtuosity and Ancient Philosophy

Our culture is preoccupied with content to the almost total exclusion of form, and that’s bad....

COLIN MARSHALL

LITERARY CRITICISM

The Hijacked Christianity: A Conversation with Obery M. Hendricks Jr.

Eric C. Miller interviews Obery M. Hendricks Jr. about his new book on the evangelical Right’s pernicious readings of the Bible....

ERIC C. MILLER

RELIGION

Lines, Lineage, and Light in Jazmina Barrera’s “Linea Nigra”

Nichole LeFebvre feels the magnetic pull of “Linea Nigra,” an essay on pregnancy and earthquakes by Jazmina Barrera, translated by Christina MacSweeney....