All Reviews

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  The Dialectic Lurking Behind the Brutality

  Ieva Jusionyte digs into Greg Grandin’s “America, América: A New History of the New World.”

  Ieva JusionyteApr 23

  • History

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  Gulf of América

  Esther Allen reviews Greg Grandin’s “America, América: A New History of the New World.”

  Esther AllenApr 23

  • History

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  We All Inhabit This Small Planet

  Heather Cass White considers David Szalay’s latest novel, “Flesh.”

  Heather Cass WhiteApr 21

  • Fiction

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  “We’re All Chinese, Aren’t We?”

  Jessie Lau ponders Emily Feng’s “Let Only Red Flowers Bloom: Identity and Belonging in Xi Jinping’s China.”

  Jessie LauApr 21

  • Politics

  • Cultural Studies

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  More and Scarier Monsters, Always

  Vanessa Evans reviews the new critical anthology “Global Indigenous Horror,” edited by Naomi Simone Borwein.

  Vanessa EvansApr 20

  • Literary Criticism

  • SF

  • Cultural Studies

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  Points of Confluence

  Michael Knapp reviews “The Voices of Adriana” by Elvira Navarro, translated by Christina MacSweeney.

  Michael KnappApr 19

  • Fiction

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  i am elsewhere

  Godelieve de Bree considers Hasib Hourani’s “rock flight.”

  Godelieve de BreeApr 16

  • Poetry

  • Politics

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  So Unnaturally Slow

  Matthew K. Ritchie considers Carson Lund’s “Eephus” and the feeling of being washed-up.

  Matthew K. RitchieApr 15

  • Film

  • Sports

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  Medicine and Lucre

  While looking at three recent books, physician Luke Messac explains why the public has legitimate reasons to distrust our healthcare system.

  Luke MessacApr 14

  • Science & Technology

  • Economics and Finance

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  Rebel Girls

  Elizabeth Alsop considers the third season of “Yellowjackets.”

  Elizabeth AlsopApr 12

  • Television

  • Gender & Sexuality

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  Significant World

  Valerie Duff-Strautmann reviews Srikanth Reddy’s “The Unsignificant.”

  Valerie Duff-StrautmannApr 12

  • Poetry

  • Literary Criticism

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  Step Right Up and See This Ghastly Town

  Cory Oldweiler reviews Ecuadoran author Natalia García Freire’s new novel, “The Carnival of Atrocities,” translated by Victor Meadowcroft.

  Cory OldweilerApr 11

  • Fiction

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  They Really Love Their Twee Life in Berlin

  Aaron Labaree reviews Vincenzo Latronico’s novel “Perfection,” translated by Sophie Hughes.

  Aaron LabareeApr 11

  • Fiction

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  What Can Enlightened Coders Really Do?

  Evan Selinger reads Darryl Campbell’s “Fatal Abstraction: Why the Managerial Class Loses Control of Software” with the realities his students face in mind.

  Evan SelingerApr 10

  • Science & Technology

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  Reservation Politics

  Sarah McEachern reviews Jon Hickey’s debut novel “Big Chief.”

  Sarah McEachernApr 8

  • Fiction

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  Of Quirks and Quarks

  Heather Treseler reviews John Koethe’s new collection “Cemeteries and Galaxies.”

  Heather TreselerApr 8

  • Poetry