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Chasing After Home or Running Away from It: Derrick Austin and Shangyang Fang Discuss Their New Collections
Derrick Austin and Shangyang Fang discuss their new books, “Tenderness” and “Burying the Mountain.”
Derrick Austin, Shangyang FangMar 18, 2022
- Poetry
Willing Executioners: On Grant T. Harward’s “Romania’s Holy War”
Exposing the depths of Romania’s ideological commitment to its crusade against “Judeo-Communism.”
Philip Ó CeallaighMar 17, 2022
- History
Another Look at India’s Books: Sanjay Seth’s “Subject Lessons: The Western Education of Colonial India”
In this column, Saikat Majumdar discusses books from India that haven’t received due attention.
Saikat MajumdarMar 17, 2022
No Walk in the Park
A history of the beginning of the United States’s signature national park, told through the stories of three men with different visions.
Craig LancasterMar 17, 2022
- History
The Endless Struggle Between Censorship and Free Speech
Stephen Rohde reviews “Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media” by Jacob Mchangama.
Stephen RohdeMar 16, 2022
- Law
Russia’s Blatant Violation of International Law
Don Franzen interviews Mark Ellis about the legal implications of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Don FranzenMar 16, 2022
Real Life Stories: A Conversation with Bel Olid
The Catalan author discusses her newly translated collection of stories, “Wilder Winds.”
Liam BishopMar 16, 2022
- Around the World
Blending All the Things I Love: A Conversation with Alex Segura
Daneet Steffens interviews Alex Segura about “Secret Identity,” a mystery that draws inspiration from both noir and comics.
Daneet SteffensMar 15, 2022
- Noir
A Stained Glass in Lviv
Yuliya Komska fears for the stained glass of Lviv, and argues that mourning the loss of art is not separate from mourning for the destruction of human life.
Yuliya KomskaMar 15, 2022
World Emergency: On the Fictions of Zac Smith and Mark Baumer
Two offbeat talents who capture the pulsing crux of living in our capitalist wasteland.
J. T. PriceMar 15, 2022
- Fiction
- Memoir & Essay
May I Quote?
Bryan A. Garner designates Fred R. Shapiro's “The New Yale Book of Quotations” the most "accurate, up-to-date" compilation of quotes yet.
Bryan A. GarnerMar 14, 2022
- Law
Alternative Realities and Counterfactual Enigmas: On Joseph Giovannini’s “Architecture Unbound: A Century of the Disruptive Avant-Garde”
A challenging and compelling study of avant-garde architecture.
Sam Hall KaplanMar 14, 2022
- Art & Architecture
The Opposite of Destruction is Creation: Art is the Language We Need to Fight Climate Catastrophe
Benje WilliamsMar 14, 2022
Weird Science
From anti-vaxxers to Flat Earthers, the public’s (and scholars’) perception of science shifted sometime between 1990-2010, writes Michael Gordin.
Michael D. GordinMar 14, 2022
- Science & Technology
Identity in Three Acts
Gloria B. Yu explores constructions of virtual self-identity, reviewing “You and Your Profile.”
Gloria B. YuMar 13, 2022
- Philosophy & Religion
“An Alternative Literary History”: A Conversation with Kyle Schlesinger
The publisher of Cuneiform Press discusses his new book, “A Poetics of the Press,” a documentary history of small-press publishing.
Paul VangelistiMar 13, 2022
- Poetry