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Singing in Anywheresville: On Michael Hofmann’s “One Lark, One Horse”
André Naffis-Sahely reviews “One Lark, One Horse.”
André Naffis-SahelySep 23, 2018
- Poetry
The Terrifying Truth in Jeffrey Lewis’s Novel on Nuclear War
Melissa Chan considers "The 2020 Commission Report on the North Korean Nuclear Attacks Against the United States."
Melissa ChanSep 23, 2018
- Fiction
The Ruminations of a Booster
Paul Buhle reviews Bill Schelly's memoir "Sense of Wonder: My Life in Comic Fandom — the Whole Story."
Paul BuhleSep 22, 2018
- Comics
- Memoir & Essay
The Charred Remains of the Fairy Tale
A Nigerian author’s new novel shows why #BringBackOurGirls is a Western fantasy.
J. C. HallmanSep 21, 2018
- Around the World
- Young Adult & Children’s Literature
Fiction About Fiction
A new novel portrays writerly agony in a haze of indecision and pot smoke.
Antonia HitchensSep 21, 2018
- Fiction
The Storytelling Sorcery of Super Short Fiction in “New Micro”
Lauren Kinney swims through the collection “New Micro: Exceptionally Short Fiction.”
Lauren KinneySep 21, 2018
- Fiction
The Form of the Small Life: Karl Ove Knausgaard’s “My Struggle: Book Six”
Paul Delany reviews the final book of Karl Ove Knausgaard's "My Struggle" series.
Paul DelanySep 20, 2018
- Around the World
- Fiction
The International Black Panthers
Eugene Brennan reflects on Elaine Mokhtefi’s memoir of her years with the Black Panthers in Algeria.
Eugene BrennanSep 20, 2018
Color Matters
Stefanie Sobelle reviews David Scott Kastan and Stephen Farthing's "On Color."
Stefanie SobelleSep 19, 2018
Confessions of a Left-Conservative: Norman Mailer in the Library of America
An essential writer in his quintessential decade.
Jonathan KirshnerSep 19, 2018
- Fiction
- Memoir & Essay
All the Thrills Without the Terror: On “Crossing Borders: Stories and Essays about Translation”
Veronica Scott Esposito interprets “Crossing Borders: Stories and Essays about Translation,” edited by Lynne Sharon Schwartz.
Veronica EspositoSep 18, 2018
An Unwelcome Brother
A cultural biography of America’s censor and the new Puritanism.
Anthony MostromSep 18, 2018
- Gender & Sexuality
- History
Reclaiming Power Through Humanity: On Michelle McNamara and “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark”
Kristen Kittscher reviews “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark” by Michelle McNamara.
Kristen KittscherSep 17, 2018
- Noir
- Nonfiction
How Do We Check the President?
Dean of Berkeley Law School Erwin Chemerinsky reviews Laurence Tribe and Joshua Matz's "To End a Presidency."
Erwin ChemerinskySep 17, 2018
- Law
- Politics
What Makes the World Move
A distinguished history of energy innovations finds that collaboration and waste are the inevitable accompaniments.
Anna LeahySep 16, 2018
Catalonia in Peril: On Manuel de Pedrolo’s “Typescript of the Second Origin”
Manuel de Pedrolo's "Typescript of the Second Origin" is a novel both born from and about politics: in particular, the politics of identity.
Dale KnickerbockerSep 15, 2018