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We’re Not Happy Until You’re Not Happy
Diana Heald reviews Sophie Gilbert’s “Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves.”
Archive
It’s the Same Story Everywhere
Sasha Vasilyuk interviews Boris Fishman about his latest novel, “The Unwanted.”
Bureaucracy Versus the Apocalypse
Mieke Marple reviews the new anthology “Who Is Government? The Untold Story of Public Service,” edited by Michael Lewis.
To Unfix Our Fixed Ideas
Laura Wetherington interviews Mia You about “Festival.”
What Would It Take to Re-Sacralize Nature?
Ellen Wayland-Smith admires how Robert Macfarlane’s “Is a River Alive?” places the reader in immersive contact with the nature we regard as mere backdrop to human activity.
Ukrainian Gothic
Tom Johnson interviews Nick Owchar about his novel “A Walker in the Evening.”
A Living Season
Rowland Bagnall discovers “The Essential C. D. Wright,” edited by Forrest Gander and Michael Wiegers.
Remembering in Concrete Form
Courtney Thomas interviews Brendan Greaves about “Truckload of Art: The Life and Work of Terry Allen.”
The Radical Cringe of “The Pitt”
Charlotte E. Rosen breaks down the political ramifications of Max’s “The Pitt” for subjects of an anti-expertise, anti-empathy fascist regime.
A World on Fire
Tim Hirschel-Burns evaluates Friederike Otto’s “Climate Injustice: Why We Need to Fight Global Inequality to Combat Climate Change,” translated by Sarah Pybus.
Reframing Solidarity
Joshua Gutterman Tranen considers Sarah Schulman’s “The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity.”
Alt-Media, Then and Now
Aaron Boehmer discusses the visual language of underground and alternative newspapers and how they subvert mainstream media through design.
Jon Hickey’s “Big Chief”
Eric Newman speaks with Jon Hickey about his debut novel “Big Chief.”
We Don’t Have Any Reserves
Adam Morgan writes on the impact of Trump’s coup at the NEA for small publishers and literary magazines.
AI Nightmares: Rise of the Dead Souls
Michael Berry sees warning signs of the creep of AI into education and translation work.
Avenging Angels
Travis Alexander considers what Billy Wilder’s “Double Indemnity” can teach us about Luigi Mangione and the insurance crisis.
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