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Breaking the Frame: The Narratives that Help us Fight Climate Change
Anjali Vaidya talks lessons and takeaways from the UC Irvine "Fire & Ice" conference.
Anjali VaidyaJul 17, 2019
Identity Shaping on Social Media: On Jia Tolentino’s “Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion”
Maggie Levantovskaya gazes into “Trick Mirror,” a new essay collection by Jia Tolentino.
Maggie LevantovskayaJul 16, 2019
- Memoir & Essay
Tackling Three-Letter Words — LSD, Sex, and God: An Interview with T. C. Boyle
T. C. Boyle dives down the rabbit hole of sex, drugs, and God in his interview with James Penner.
James PennerJul 16, 2019
- Fiction
An Ethical Matryoshka: On Daniela Petrova’s “Her Daughter’s Mother”
Randle Browning reviews “Her Mother’s Daughter” by Daniela Petrova.
Randle BrowningJul 16, 2019
- Noir
Saying Something: Trans Characters in YA Fiction
Clarence Harlan Orsi surveys the first generation of YA trans and genderqueer literature.
Clarence Harlan OrsiJul 16, 2019
- Gender & Sexuality
- Young Adult & Children’s Literature
The National’s Anthem
Sophia Stewart pens an ode to a band with "profound candor" and staying power.
Sophia StewartJul 16, 2019
“But There Has Been a Catastrophe”: On Vasily Grossman’s “Stalingrad”
Philip Ó Ceallaigh searches for truth behind the censorship of “Stalingrad,” the epic novel by Vasily Grossman, translated by Robert and Elizabeth Chandler.
Philip Ó CeallaighJul 15, 2019
- Around the World
- Fiction
Stay Out of the Forest: On Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark’s “Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered”
Jacquelyn Ardam weighs in on “Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered” by “My Favorite Murder” podcasters Georgia Hardstark and Karen Kilgariff.
Jacquelyn ArdamJul 15, 2019
- Memoir & Essay
- Nonfiction
Past and Pastiche in Howard A. Rodman’s “The Great Eastern”
Brian Evenson finds Howard A. Rodman’s sprawling, engaging novel "The Great Eastern" “a kind of return to what adventurous literature used to be.”
Brian EvensonJul 15, 2019
- Fiction
- SF
Generous Worlds: Rethinking the Fate of the American University
Ryan Boyd reviews Kathleen Fitzpatrick’s “Generous Thinking: A Radical Approach to Saving the University.”
Ryan BoydJul 15, 2019
- Education
- Remaking the University
Collateral Damage: The Known Traumas of Family Separation
Susun and Gordon Marino look at the lasting developmental harm done by separating children from parents.
Susan MarinoJul 15, 2019
Rooting Out the Dirt: A Conversation with Ryan Jacobs
Aaron Shulman interviews a crime reporter who wrote a book about truffles.
Aaron ShulmanJul 14, 2019
Fighting as Conversation: On Jaed Coffin’s “Roughhouse Friday”
"Roughhouse Friday" details Jaed Coffin’s hunger for a language he can call his own.
Matthew JanneyJul 14, 2019
- Memoir & Essay
Toward the Weirdy-Beardy: On Andrei Egunov-Nikolev’s “Beyond Tula: A Soviet Pastoral”
James Womack romps through “Beyond Tula: A Soviet Pastoral,” translated from the Russian by Ainsley Morse.
James WomackJul 14, 2019
- Around the World
- Fiction
Grim Hints and Nervous Portents: On Dennis Etchison
The late horror author’s vivid snapshots of bleak Southern California suburbia.
Rob LathamJul 13, 2019
- SF
Writing in the Shadow of “V”: Adventures in Speculative Fiction with Stephen Graham Jones
A lively interview with Bram Stoker Award–winning author Stephen Graham Jones on his turn to speculative fiction and genre.
Billy J. StrattonJul 13, 2019
- SF