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Autofiction’s Primal Scene
Jon Repetti returns to the scene of writing in Catherine Lacey’s new novel “The Möbius Book.”
Jon RepettiJun 17
- Fiction
- Memoir & Essay
Complicity Becomes Us
Matthew D. LaPlante considers the perils of complicity in Boris Fishman’s novel “The Unwanted.”
Matthew D. LaPlanteJun 16
- Politics
- Fiction
How Can You Stop a Country from Happening?
Billy J. Stratton examines Stephen Graham Jones’s “The Buffalo Hunter Hunter.”
Billy J. StrattonJun 15
- Fiction
It Turns Out He Has a Heart
Danielle Chelosky examines Michel Houellebecq’s “Annihilation,” translated by Shaun Whiteside.
Danielle CheloskyJun 14
- Fiction
The Astronomy of Melancholy
Arnaud Gerspacher considers “Sad Planets” by Dominic Pettman and Eugene Thacker.
Arnaud GerspacherJun 14
- Science & Technology
- SF
Uncinematic Visions of War
Evan Hill finds himself mired down in Alex Garland’s “Warfare.”
Evan HillJun 13
- Film
- Politics
To Remain in Contradiction
Ikechúkwú Onyewuenyi attends an exhibition of Bruce Nauman’s early work, at Marian Goodman Gallery in Los Angeles.
Ikechúkwú OnyewuenyiJun 11
- Art & Architecture
Paranoia, Perspicacity, and Afro-Asian Pessimism
Anne Anlin Cheng looks deeper into Ryan Coogler’s new film “Sinners” and its violent exploration of racial oppression.
Anne Anlin ChengJun 11
- Film
- Cultural Studies
The Politics of Apoliticism
Kieran Setiya reviews Christoph Schuringa’s “A Social History of Analytic Philosophy.”
Kieran SetiyaJun 10
- Philosophy & Religion
The Legend of Bloomsbury
Isabelle Stuart examines Megan Hunter’s new novel, “Days of Light.”
Isabelle StuartJun 10
- Fiction
An Unkillable Streak of the Utopian
Sophie Lewis considers Keiran Goddard’s “I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning.”
Sophie LewisJun 9
- Fiction
A Map to Black Paris
Doyle D. Calhoun visits “Black Paris: Artistic Circulations and Anti-Colonial Struggles, 1950–2000” at the Centre Pompidou.
Doyle D. CalhounJun 8
- Art & Architecture
- History
Fetishizing the Right, from McCarthy to Musk
L. Benjamin Rolsky explores Quinn Slobodian’s “Hayek’s Bastards: Race, Gold, IQ, and the Capitalism of the Far Right.”
L. Benjamin RolskyJun 8
- Politics
- History
Two Maoisms
Guobin Yang dives into two new books on Mao-era China.
Guobin YangJun 7
- History
- Cultural Studies
If We Could Talk to the Animals
Andrew Koenig considers Elisha Cohn’s “Milieu: A Creaturely Theory of the Contemporary Novel.”
Andrew KoenigJun 6
- Literary Criticism
- Environment
Is Restructuring the Answer?
Joel Seligman discusses Stephen H. Legomsky’s radical call for restructuring the American republic.
Joel SeligmanJun 6
- Law
- Politics