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Growing Up Gay in Backwoods Mississippi: Nick White’s How to Survive a Summer
Growing Up Gay in Backwoods Mississippi: Nick White’s "How to Survive a Summer"
Nathan Scott McNamaraJun 19, 2017
Ghostly Parades in Lost Cities: Babel’s Odessa and Wittlin’s L’viv
Uilleam Blacker reviews the new Pushkin Collection editions of Isaac Babel and Józef Wittlin.
Uilleam BlackerJun 18, 2017
- Around the World
- History
The Blathering Superego at the End of History
Emmett Rensin offers a psychoanalysis of managerial liberalism as superego and asks: What happens when the id of liberalism can't be controlled?
Emmett RensinJun 18, 2017
- Politics
Making New Friends: The Genetics of Animal Domestication
The story of the Russian geneticists who domesticated the silver fox.
Colin DickeyJun 18, 2017
Orphan Black Season Five, "Clutch of Greed": Letting Go, Holding On
Orphan Black Season Five, "Clutch of Greed": Letting Go, Holding On - BLARB
Jun 18, 2017
The Explorer's History of Korean Fiction in Translation: Alienation, Politics, and Women
The Explorer's History of Korean Fiction in Translation: Alienation, Politics, and Women -BLARB
Jun 18, 2017
Something About Wanting: On Romina Paula’s “August”
Lauren Kinney appreciates “August” by Romina Paula, a novel of friendship and loss.
Lauren KinneyJun 17, 2017
- Fiction
The Most Intimate Symbol: Jan Swafford on Classical Music
Scott Timberg interviews composer and writer Jan Swafford about his new introduction to classical music, “Language of the Spirit.”
Scott TimbergJun 17, 2017
- Music
With Reflection, Without Fear
William Bradley on Paul Young's "Frank Miller’s Daredevil and the Ends of Heroism."
William BradleyJun 17, 2017
- Comics
- Memoir & Essay
Women Without Men Without Women
Women Without Men Without Women
Jun 17, 2017
Writing Reptiles: Qiu Miaojin’s Notes of a Crocodile
Writing Reptiles: Qiu Miaojin’s "Notes of a Crocodile"
Rhian SasseenJun 17, 2017
The Cult of the Clitoris
“Becoming Cliterate” will help many women reach their orgasm objectives, and that’s good. But orgasm equity will not solve the problem of patriarchy.
Laura FrostJun 16, 2017
- Gender & Sexuality
- Politics
The Handmaid's Tale Finale
Dear Television braids hair and cuts to the feeling in the season finale of The Handmaid's Tale...
Jane Hu, Sarah MesleJun 16, 2017
- Dear Television
Getting Europe’s Right Wrong
Is Europe entering a phase of new fascism? Not so fast, says our reviewer, as 1930s comparisons fail on many levels.
Erik D’AmatoJun 16, 2017
- Around the World
- Politics
“Islandia” and the Dangers of Globalization
Carl Abbott on the politics of utopia in Austin Tappan Wright’s “Islandia.”
Carl AbbottJun 16, 2017
- Politics
- SF
Resolved, Experimental: A Conversation with John Gosslee
Resolved, Experimental: A Conversation with John Gosslee
Jun 16, 2017