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Why Frantz Fanon Changed His Name: On Adam Shatz’s “The Rebel’s Clinic”
Robert J. C. Young reviews Adam Shatz’s “The Rebel’s Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon.”
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How to Read Provincially: On Sumana Roy’s “Provincials”
Sameer Pandya reviews Sumana Roy’s “Provincials: Postcards from the Peripheries.”
Emily Nussbaum’s “Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV”
Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher are joined by New Yorker staff writer and former television critic Emily Nussbaum to discuss her book “Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV.”
A Reactionary Turn in Literary Studies: On Jonathan Kramnick’s “Criticism and Truth”
Elizabeth S. Anker reviews Jonathan Kramnick’s “Criticism & Truth: On Method in Literary Studies.”
What’s Left of Originalism? On Jack M. Balkin’s “Memory and Authority”
Andrew Koppelman critiques Jack Balkin’s ”Memory and Authority.”
The Ethnography of Deep Suffering: On Angela Garcia’s “The Way That Leads Among the Lost”
Ieva Jusionyte reviews Angela Garcia’s “The Way That Leads Among the Lost: Life, Death, and Hope in Mexico City’s Anexos.”
Refracted Migrations: On Ae Hee Lee’s “Asterism”
Ananya Kanai Shah reviews Ae Hee Lee’s “Asterism.”
Nothing Is Trivial
Brittany Menjivar lunges for the buzzer at Wednesday Night Trivia in Los Feliz’s Bigfoot Lodge.
To Be Real: On Emily Nussbaum’s “Cue the Sun!”
Olivia Stowell reviews Emily Nussbaum’s “Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV.”
Thick with Her Own Threads: On Rosalind Brown’s “Practice”
Meara Sharma reviews Rosalind Brown’s “Practice.”
Necromancer: On Frederick Seidel’s “So What”
Erick Verran reviews Frederick Seidel’s “So What.”
Heartbreak Supernova: On Carrie Courogen’s “Miss May Does Not Exist”
Tim Riley reviews Carrie Courogen’s “Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius.”
Bringing Up Radiant Baby
Look How They Massacred, My Boy
Eli Osei reminds you to never take sides against the family.
Cupcakes and Crotch Kicks: On Alex Belth’s “What Makes Sammy Jr. Run?”
Tom Zoellner considers the eternal game of cat and mouse between celebrities and journalists in Alex Belth’s “What Makes Sammy Jr. Run? Classic Celebrity Journalism Volume 1 (1960s and 1970s).”
Embracing the Chaos: On John Mulaney’s “Everybody’s in L.A.”
Henry Luzzatto puzzles over John Mulaney’s Netflix talk show “Everybody’s in L.A.”
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