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Outward Signs of Inner Mysteries
Eric Gudas on the work and afterlife of the misunderstood photographer Diane Arbus.
All Reviews
Flesh Under Pressure
Chelsea Davis considers Katherine Dunn’s posthumous story collection ‘Near Flesh.’
Almost Candid
Tim Riley listens for the unspoken ironies of Cameron Crowe’s career via his new memoir, ‘The Uncool.’
We Did Good Enough
Vesper North ponders Lisa Alvarez’s new story collection.
Stone Age Mindset
Luke Kemp’s ‘Goliath’s Curse: The History and Future of Societal Collapse’ diagnoses civilizational symptoms while sidestepping serious solutions.
Fantastical Transcendence and the Magic of Resistance
Ruth Joffre digs into a new anthology of speculative writing about resistance, edited by Karen Lord, Annalee Newitz, and Malka Older.
Made in America
Josh Safdie’s “Marty Supreme” and the mythmaking around a monoculture masterpiece.
Strange Woofs
Rowland Bagnall reads the previously uncollected dream songs of John Berryman.
Mute Thought
Thomas Waller on Lygia Clark at Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin.
Fascist Pleasures and Failed Satire
David Shipko faces down postmodern fascism in the video game “Helldivers 2.”
The Womb and the Web
Isabel Davis considers Amanda Hess’s new book about bringing a baby into a world of smart technology and data harvesting.
Will I Ever Stop Wanting?
Tierney Finster traverses “Flat Earth,” Anika Jade Levy’s debut novel.
Ta-Ta for Now
Sophie van Well Groeneveld visits a Wolfgang Tillmans survey, the final exhibition at Centre Pompidou before its renovation.
Has English Killed Global Literature?
Chloe Garcia Roberts considers J. M. Coetzee and Mariana Dimópulos’s new book on translation.
There’s No Telling
Annie Berke considers timelines not taken in new novels by Erin Somers and Catherine Newman.
Contact High: Anselm Kiefer at 80
Ranbir Sidhu visits two recent exhibitions of Anselm Kiefer in Greece and the Netherlands.
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