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Tight Wires: On Sandra Simonds’s “Assia”
Kristin Grogan reviews Sandra Simonds’ “Assia.”
Archive
Staring into a Total Eclipse: On Adam Hochschild’s “American Midnight”
Robert Slayton examines Adam Hochschild’s “American Midnight.”
The Perils of Orthodoxy and Florida House Bill 999
Stephen Schryer excavates the roots of contemporary anti-woke politics in the work of the father of modern movement conservatism.
A Worrying Radiance: On Yxta Maya Murray’s “God Went Like That”
Ricardo L. Ortiz reviews Yxta Maya Murray’s “God Went Like That.”
Winged Creatures
Lara Vergnaud reflects on translation and motherhood.
Obsessions Are the Only Things That Matter: On Patricia Highsmith’s Diaries and Novels
Cody Siler writes about the search for an identifiable self in Patricia Highsmith’s novels and diaries.
Viruses on Film: From the Pandemic Procedural to the Lockdown Comedy to the Activist Documentary
Steven W. Thrasher surveys the onscreen evolution of viruses in the wake of our collective experience with COVID-19.
Trust the Tale, Not the Teller?: Art and Propaganda in Contemporary Russia
Adam Kelly delves into the murky intersection of art and politics in Putin’s Russia, through the work of Vladislav Surkov.
Epicurus for Our Time
Robert Pogue Harrison approaches Epicurus for different ways of looking at the problems of today.
How We Learned to Love “Free” Markets
Rebecca L. Spang reviews Jacob Soll’s “Free Market: The History of an Idea” and Stefan Eich’s “The Currency of Politics: The Political Theory of Money from Aristotle to Keynes.”
The Daughter Displaces the Island: On Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s “The Daughter of Doctor Moreau”
D. Harlan Wilson reviews Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s “The Daughter of Doctor Moreau.”
2023 Oscars Preview
Eric Newman is joined by LA RB Film Editor Annie Berke and film critic Kyle Turner for a special 2023 Oscars Preview episode.
Trick of the Light: On Martin McDonagh’s “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Frank Falisi writes about Martin McDonagh’s treatment of art and politics in “The Banshees of Inisherin” and his other works.
Who Gets to Tell War Stories?: On Phil Klay’s “Uncertain Ground”
Katherine Voyles and Nathan White consider Phil Klay’s recent book of essays on war, “Uncertain Ground: Citizenship in an Age of Endless, Invisible War.”
Skeletons in the Dungeon: Conspiracy Theory, Nationalism, and the French Revolution
Nicole Bauer explores how the French Revolution made conspiracy theory central to modern political discourse.
In a Life I Never Had I Was a Brave Cosmonaut: On Nona Fernández’s “Voyager”
Claire Calderón reviews Nona Fernández’s “Voyager: Constellations of Memory,” translated by Natasha Wimmer.
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