Archive

Lost Pangeas: Tess Taylor’s “Last West” and “Rift Zone”
JinJin Xu considers “Late West” and “Rift Zone” by Tess Taylor.
JinJin XuOct 16, 2020
- Poetry
A Call for Lasting Peace in Nagorno-Karabakh
Amitav Ghosh, Cornel West, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Harold Aram Veeser, Judith Herman, Noam Chomsky, Seyla Benhabib, Shahidul Alam, Tariq Ali, Viken BerberianOct 16, 2020
Rilke in LA: On Neeli Cherkovski’s “Hang on to the Yangtze River”
Paul VangelistiOct 16, 2020
The Alternative to Regime Change: Talking to Philip Gordon
Andy Fitch and Philip Gordon inspect the problems plaguing regime-change thinking in the Middle East, and Gordon's book "Losing the Long Game."
Andy FitchOct 16, 2020
What Caused the “Flash Crash”?
Did the hammer come down too hard on Navinder Sarao? Ankush Khardori reviews Liam Vaughan's "Flash Crash."
Ankush KhardoriOct 15, 2020
German Pigs and the Autocrats Who Loved Them
“Communist Pigs” advances the swine history of Germany, taking readers to the era of authoritarian rule in the GDR.
Natalie KochOct 15, 2020
To Everything, Turn, Turn, Turn
The Plaza in downtown Orange used to seem like a page from a conservative storybook. Not anymore.
Andrew TonkovichOct 15, 2020
Greece, Cut and Dried
Piper French reviews "The Passenger: Greece," the new essay collection from Europa Editions and Iperborea.
Piper FrenchOct 15, 2020
In the Back Kitchen
If you could have lunch with a famous person or a departed loved one, whom would you choose?
David BreithauptOct 15, 2020
We Don’t Know Anything: On “Growing Things” and the Paul Tremblay Mythos
Gabino Iglesias reviews “Growing Things,” the recently published collection of short stories by Paul Tremblay.
Gabino IglesiasOct 14, 2020
- Noir
- SF
“American Psycho,” “American Beauty,” “American Pie”: White Male Rage at the Turn of the Millennium
Chelsea Davis puts three films from 2000 in context with the institutionalized support of white, male rage and “aggrieved entitlement.”
Chelsea DavisOct 14, 2020
The Tapestry of Voices: On Tash Aw’s Novels
Richard M. Cho considers the novels of Malaysian writer Tash Aw.
Richard M. ChoOct 14, 2020
- Around the World
- Fiction
Slavery’s End: On Tom Zoellner’s “Island on Fire”
A history of Sharpe’s Rebellion in Jamaica and its role in the abolition of British slavery.
Charmaine McKenzieOct 13, 2020
“What Else Would Heaven Be”: On Shane McCrae’s “Sometimes I Never Suffered”
Will Brewbaker considers “Sometimes I Never Suffered” by Shane McCrae.
Will BrewbakerOct 13, 2020
- Poetry
Anatomy of Grief: A Conversation with Rachel Eliza Griffiths
Sarah Herrington in conversation with Rachel Eliza Griffiths about her new poetry collection, “Seeing the Body.”
Sarah HerringtonOct 13, 2020
- Poetry
The Great Unread: On William Deresiewicz’s “The Death of the Artist”
Robert Diab on William Deresiewicz’s new book, “The Death of the Artist: How Creators Are Struggling to Survive in the Age of Billionaires and Big Tech.”
Robert DiabOct 13, 2020