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There Isn’t Going to Be Any Trouble
Jane Hayward reads two recent books on China’s post-Mao reform period.
All Reviews
Material, Girls
Annie Berke watches Celine Song’s new film “Materialists” and the Netflix show “With Love, Meghan.”
I Watch the Witch Burn
Reece Sisto reviews Jeff Weiss’s “Waiting for Britney Spears.”
Ghassan Kanafani’s “Guerrilla Rhetoric,” Then and Now
Jay Murphy reviews “Ghassan Kanafani: Selected Political Writings,” a collection of newly translated essays by the influential Palestinian philosopher, author, and activist.
The Undying Chinese Writing System
Colin Marshall reviews two books about the past and present of the Chinese writing system.
Things Still to Be Salvaged
Laurie Winer assesses Damion Searls’s new translation of “The Third Reich of Dreams: Nightmares of a Nation” by Charlotte Beradt.
Searching for a Heart
Rachel Elizabeth Jones reviews three new indie films about loss, grief, and absence.
My Direct Debits Hit at Midnight
Rhian Sasseen considers party-writing in Caleb Femi’s latest poetry collection, “The Wickedest.”
Movement Injuries
Christopher T. Fan explores two new novels, Brian Hioe’s “Taipei at Daybreak” and Yáng Shuāng-zǐ’s “Taiwan Travelogue.”
The Heart Keeps On
Daniel Grubbs-Donovan reviews Martin Aitken’s new translation of “Stay with Me,” a recent novel by Norwegian author Hanne Ørstavik.
Trans Women in the Heartland
Lori Marso examines “Woodworking,” the debut novel from fellow South Dakotan Emily St. James.
The Hidden Injuries of Class
Harry Stecopoulos reviews Joyce Carol Oates’s new novel “Fox.”
The Superfluous Man Redux
Josh Billings reviews Russian author Konstantin Vaginov’s newly translated novel “Goat Song.”
First Thought, (Not) Best Thought
Noah Rawlings considers Joan Didion’s “Notes to John.”
Conspiracism, Nationalism, Decline
Sarah Brouillette reviews Jamie Merchant’s “Endgame: Economic Nationalism and Global Decline.”
Autofiction’s Primal Scene
Jon Repetti returns to the scene of writing in Catherine Lacey’s new novel “The Möbius Book.”
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