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You Are Without Land, Without Love
Pericles Lewis ventures through Maya Jasanoff's "The Dawn Watch: Joseph Conrad in a Global World."
Pericles LewisDec 24, 2017
- Literary Criticism
Learing This Sad Time: On Edward St. Aubyn’s “Dunbar”
It is foolish to ask: is this novel as good as "King Lear?" But it is as foolish to restate the prejudice that Shakespeare is the incomparable great bard.
Daniel SwiftDec 23, 2017
- Fiction
Creating a Comics Canon
Russ Kick’s "The Graphic Canon of Crime and Mystery" is, for now, the most sustained anthology of comic art in the English language.
Paul BuhleDec 23, 2017
- Comics
Let It Go: Niña Weijers’s Debut Novel and Understanding the Universe
Rebecca Waldron on Niña Weijers's novel of self-erasure and self-discovery.
Rebecca WaldronDec 22, 2017
- Around the World
- Fiction
“A Field of Strangeness”: Anna Kavan’s “Ice” and the Merits of World-Blocking
Tyler Malone praises the “world-blocking” technique of the mysterious classic “Ice” by Anna Kavan.
Tyler MaloneDec 19, 2017
- Fiction
- SF
In Search of Strong Women
Priyanka Kumar considers Manal al-Sharif's "Daring to Drive" and Omar Saif Ghobash's "Letters to a Young Muslim."
Priyanka KumarDec 18, 2017
Where It Happened: Documenting the American Places We’d Like to Forget
A gorgeous photo album of America’s unvisited places of its troubled past.
Tom ZoellnerDec 18, 2017
Cactus Love: On “Xerophile: Cactus Photographs from Expeditions of the Obsessed”
Geoff Nicholson on “Xerophile: Cactus Photographs from Expeditions of the Obsessed.”
Geoff NicholsonDec 18, 2017
- Art & Architecture
Does Public Education Have a Future?
A new book makes a case for public schools because of what they used to do, not what they’re now doing.
Nicholas TampioDec 16, 2017
- Education
- Politics
The Ghosts of Gun Violence: Jason Reynold’s “Long Way Down”
Julia Walton on a new novel in verse about trauma and family tragedy.
Julia WaltonDec 16, 2017
Second Acts: A Second Look at Second Books of Poetry: Susan Stewart and Jennifer Chang
Lisa Russ Spaar appreciates the lyric intelligence of Susan Stewart’s and Jennifer Chang’s second collections.
Lisa Russ SpaarDec 16, 2017
- Poetry
Richard Posner: The Federal Court Maverick Turns Detractor
Allen Mendenhall on Richard Posner's fiery "The Federal Judiciary: Strengths and Weaknesses."
Allen MendenhallDec 15, 2017
- Law
- Politics
Psychedelic Futures
A review of Don Lattin's "Changing Our Minds: Psychedelic Sacraments and the New Psychotherapy."
Doug MerlinoDec 15, 2017
- History
- Science & Technology
Passing and Being Passed Over in the United States
A new anthology on the social pressures of passing.
Kavita DasDec 15, 2017
- Memoir & Essay
- Politics
Situating the Enslaved: Eunsong Kim’s “Gospel of Regicide” and the Politics of Allyship
Renee Hudson looks at the relationship between betrayal and revolution in Eunsong Kim’s “Gospel of Regicide.”
Renee HudsonDec 14, 2017
Reform Under the Fire of Radicalism
A new book about five icons of the 20th-century American left.
Tom GallagherDec 14, 2017
- History
- Politics