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Allegories of Otherness: The Unnerving Isolation of Marie NDiaye’s “That Time of Year”
Nathan Scott McNamara appreciates "That Time of Year," the new novel by Marie NDiaye translated by Jordan Stump.
Nathan Scott McNamaraOct 29, 2020
- Around the World
- Fiction
Pass Us the Post Horn: On Vigdis Hjorth’s “Long Live the Post Horn!”
Makenna Goodman reviews "Long Live the Post Horn!," the latest novel by Vigdis Hjorth to be translated into English.
Makenna GoodmanOct 28, 2020
- Around the World
- Fiction
The Light in Istanbul: On Orhan Pamuk’s “Orange”
The writer as photographer and flâneur, tracing the changing cityscape.
Jonah Goldman KayOct 28, 2020
The Long Cable Box-Step Orgy: Rewatching "The Deuce"
Matthew Tchepikova-Treon returns to the under-appreciated institutional melodrama of David Simon's The Deuce one year later.
Matthew Tchepikova-TreonOct 28, 2020
- Television
Our Future Rests with the Children of Immigrants
Marcelo Suárez-OrozcoOct 28, 2020
What Do We Owe Each Other?: An Essay on Law and Society
Stephen J. Morse uses Susan Vinocour's "Nobody’s Child" to consider our attitudes toward guilt, the insanity defense, and the criminal justice system.
Stephen J. MorseOct 28, 2020
- Law
- Politics
#MeToo with a Magical Filter
Dylan Farrow’s YA novel explores the fantastic power of gaslighting and false narratives.
Amy ZimmermanOct 27, 2020
- SF
- Young Adult & Children’s Literature
Unsafe Harbors: A Conversation with Nadia Terranova
The Italian novelist discusses embodiment and desire in fiction, and why she hates male feminists.
Lucia SenesiOct 27, 2020
Of Course They Would: On Kim Stanley Robinson’s “The Ministry for the Future”
Gerry Canavan reviews Kim Stanley Robinson's new book, "The Ministry for the Future."
Gerry CanavanOct 27, 2020
- SF
David Shimer on Superpower Election Interference
Oct 27, 2020
Keeping It Real: On Martin Amis’s “Inside Story”
Sunil Iyengar digs into “Inside Story: A Novel” by Martin Amis.
Sunil IyengarOct 27, 2020
- Fiction
The Saddest Stories Ever: On Sigrid Nunez’s “What Are You Going Through”
Anna E. Clark reviews Sigrid Nunez’s follow-up to “The Friend,” “What Are You Going Through.”
Anna E. ClarkOct 26, 2020
- Fiction
Quantified Life: An Interview with Sun-ha Hong
Emily Watlington interviews Sun-ha Hong about our data fantasies.
Emily WatlingtonOct 26, 2020
Exhilaration and Contemplation: On Susan Abulhawa’s “Against the Loveless World”
Susan Abulhawa’s “Against the Loveless World” is a tense but readable novel.
Steven SalaitaOct 26, 2020
- Fiction
Suzanne Nossel on the Decimation of Local News
Suzanne NosselOct 26, 2020
Sanctuary Unmasked: The First Time Los Angeles (Sort of) Became a City of Refuge
The story of Los Angeles’s pathbreaking — and fragile — declaration of “sanctuary city” status in 1985.
Paul A. KramerOct 25, 2020
- History
- Politics