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In the Midst of Life, We Are in Death: On Marina Yuszczuk’s “Thirst”
Zachary Gillan reviews Marina Yuszczuk’s “Thirst.”
One Long, Queasy Confession: On Lucas Rijneveld’s “My Heavenly Favorite”
Francesca Peacock reviews Lucas Rijneveld’s “My Heavenly Favorite.”
Are You Receiving Her Psychic Messages?
Brittany Menjivar will not rest until the whole world has fallen in love with Kenzy Peach.
Victoria Chang on Finding Agnes Martin During Crisis
Kate Wolf speaks with the poet Victoria Chang about her latest collection of poems, “With My Back to the World.”
Watching Pixels Die: Sony, HBO, and “The Last of Us”
Maria Bose and Jason Willwerscheid analyze corporate moves to adapt prestige video games into prestige TV.
A Shadow to the Visible Canon: A Conversation with Doran Larson
Jeffrey J. Williams interviews Doran Larson about the American Prison Writing Archive and his new book, “Inside Knowledge: Incarcerated People on the Failures of the American Prison.”
Ocean of Sound
Theo Spielberg appreciates Fatima Al Qadiri’s haunting score for the 2019 Senegalese film “Atlantics.”
The Good Wood: On Matthew J. C. Clark’s “Bjarki, Not Bjarki”
Josh Billings reviews Matthew J. C. Clark’s “Bjarki, Not Bjarki: On Floorboards, Love, and Irreconcilable Differences.”
Revisiting Girlhood
Amid a cultural re-embrace of “girlhood,” Emily Quintanilla revisits Sadie Shorr-Parks’s review of Elizabeth Acevedo’s debut novel, “The Poet X”—which provides an alternate angle on femininity, identity, and adolescence.
Falling Apart Together: On Hannah Proctor’s “Burnout”
Tom Allen reviews Hannah Proctor’s “Burnout: The Emotional Experience of Political Defeat.”
Hollywood’s Nomads: On Pamela Robertson Wojcik’s “Unhomed”
Ned Resnikoff reviews Pamela Robertson Wojcik’s “Unhomed: Cycles of Mobility and Placelessness in American Cinema.”
The Fans Are Inhospitable (Are We?)
Mitski’s Friday show at the Shrine led rory hayes to question whether the audience had even gone through “Puberty 2” yet, misbehaving before their best American girl.
A Red Flag for a Bull: On Constance Debré’s “Playboy”
Lazz Kinnamon reviews Constance Debré's "Playboy."
Listening for Echoes of Eleanor: On Elizabeth Hand’s “A Haunting on the Hill”
Shannon Scott reviews Elizabeth Hand’s “A Haunting on the Hill.”
Haunted Native America: On Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. and Shane Hawk’s “Never Whistle at Night”
Eric Gary Anderson reviews Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. and Shane Hawk’s “Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology.”
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