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A Historian’s Call to Arms
Anne Richardson reviews Mary Beard's "Women & Power: A Manifesto."
Anne RichardsonMar 5, 2018
Alessandro Spina’s Anti-Colonial Hospitality, Then and Now
The first volume of Alessandro Spina’s magnum opus speaks uncomfortably to our current moment.
Giovanni VimercatiMar 4, 2018
- Around the World
- Fiction
Must Atheists Trash Religion?
On Tim Crane's "The Meaning of Belief: Religion from an Atheist’s Point of View."
Todd MayMar 4, 2018
- Philosophy & Religion
- Religion
“No Longer the Person I Was”: The Dazzling Correspondence of Albert Camus and Maria Casarès
Robert Zaretsky on the correspondence between Albert Camus and Maria Casarès.
Robert ZaretskyMar 4, 2018
Ephemeral Style
Colin Vanderburg on Brent Hayes Edwards’s “Epistrophies: Jazz and the Literary Imagination.”
Colin VanderburgMar 3, 2018
- Literary Criticism
- Music
Behind the Lens: Prince and Bruce Springsteen as Seen Through Their Personal Photographers
What can Bruce Springsteen's and Prince's personal photographers tell us about their subjects?
Eric DeggansMar 3, 2018
- Art & Architecture
- Music
The Bard of Auburn: Getting Weird in the Long Valley
Scott Bradfield on Clark Ashton Smith.
Scott BradfieldMar 3, 2018
- SF
Who to Believe?
On “The Wife” by Alafair Burke.
Tara CheesmanMar 2, 2018
- Noir
The Conservative Movement: Agony, Revolution, and Triumph
Republican National Committeeman Shawn Steel reviews political operative Arnold L. Steinberg's "Whiplash! From JFK to Donald Trump, a Political Odyssey."
Shawn SteelMar 1, 2018
- Law
- Politics
Holy Ambivalence
Do Christianity and liberalism have a future together in the United States? Brad East looks at two new books to find out.
Brad EastMar 1, 2018
- Politics
- Religion
The Slippery Search for Creativity
Dan Falk reviews two new books on the cause of creativity.
Dan FalkFeb 27, 2018
“Anecdotal Evidence” in the Case of Wendy Cope
A. M. Juster evaluates “Anecdotal Evidence,” the latest collection of poems from Wendy Cope.
A. M. JusterFeb 27, 2018
- Poetry
The Gay Conspirators: On Gregory Woods’s “Homintern: How Gay Culture Liberated the Modern World”
Dustin Friedman on Gregory Woods’s “Homintern,” a study of how homosexuals and queer culture shaped the modern world.
Dustin FriedmanFeb 25, 2018
At War with Monsters in Postwar Iraqi Literature
The dark absurdities of postwar Iraqi literature.
Mark FirmaniFeb 24, 2018
- Around the World
- Fiction
The Abortion Queen of San Francisco
Stephen J. Gallas reviews "The Audacity of Inez Burns: Dreams, Desire, Treachery & Ruin in the City of Gold."
Stephen J. GallasFeb 24, 2018
- Biography & Autobiography
- Politics
Marooned by Obsession in Craig Cliff’s “The Mannequin Makers”
Heidi North discovers a rich, gripping story in Craig Cliff’s New Zealand–set debut, “The Mannequin Makers.”
Heidi NorthFeb 24, 2018
- Around the World
- Fiction