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Olivia Stowell considers Danzy Senna’s new novel “Colored Television.”
Olivia Stowell considers Danzy Senna’s new novel “Colored Television.”
Jeffrey Collins reviews Jed W. Atkins’s “The Christian Origins of Tolerance.”
Erdağ Göknar reviews Orhan Pamuk’s “Memories of Distant Mountains: Illustrated Notebooks, 2009–2022.”
Giovanni Vimercati profiles the L.A. Rebellion filmmaker on the occasion of his latest film, the documentary “Mário.”
Ben Wurgaft demonstrates how Steven Shapin’s “Eating and Being” illuminates the intellectual and cultural dynamics of “dietetics”—the relationship between diet, health, and identity—like no prior work on the subject.
Molly D. Boyd considers Nick Cutter’s new horror novel “The Queen.”
Brittany Menjivar watches absurd characters blur the lines between “persona” and “actual man” in two new one-act plays in East Hollywood.
In this special episode, Kate Wolf, Medaya Ocher, and Eric Newman are joined by writer and psychoanalyst Jamieson Webster to talk about the role of psychoanalysis in politics.
Sumana Roy ponders the linguistic and aesthetic significance of “etceterization.”
Ariella Garmaise reviews Kazik Radwanski’s new film “Matt and Mara.”
Rafaela Bassili reviews Stephen G. Bloom’s “The Brazil Chronicles.”
Grace Byron ruminates on despair and hope in the wake of the election.
Daniel Lukes reviews Charles Burns’s “Final Cut” and “Kommix.”
Madeleine Connors interviews Lili Anolik about her new book, “Didion & Babitz.”
Anna Marie Cain interviews Brian Evenson about his latest collection, “Good Night, Sleep Tight.”
Steven Shaviro reviews David Graeber’s posthumous essay collection “The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World …”