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Computation de Texte
James Edward Draney on Dennis Tenen's "Plain Text: The Poetics of Computation."
James Edward DraneyNov 25, 2017
- Literary Criticism
- Science & Technology
Dangerous Undercurrents: Sailing the Open Ocean of the Female Psyche in “Catalina”
Holiday Reinhorn reviews Liska Jacobs's debut novel, "Catalina."
Holiday ReinhornNov 23, 2017
- Fiction
A Light on Vivian Maier
Emilie Bickerton reviews Pamela Bannos's "Vivian Maier: A Photographer’s Life and Afterlife."
Emilie BickertonNov 23, 2017
- Art & Architecture
- Biography & Autobiography
Out of the Quagmire of Words: Ordinary Language Philosophy and Literary Study
V. Joshua Adams considers Toril Moi's "Revolution of the Ordinary: Literary Studies after Wittgenstein, Austin, and Cavell."
V. Joshua AdamsNov 22, 2017
- Literary Criticism
- Philosophy & Religion
Moody Genes
Taylor Beck reads Stephen P. Hinshaw's "Another Kind of Madness" through the lens of his own history with mental illness.
Taylor BeckNov 22, 2017
- Nonfiction
- Science & Technology
Pleasure, Pity, Pain: On Petra Hůlová’s “Three Plastic Rooms”
A. M. Bakalar reviews “Three Plastic Rooms” by inventive Czech author Petra Hůlová.
A. M. BakalarNov 21, 2017
- Around the World
- Fiction
Government Policies That Created Our Segregated Cities, and What Can Be Done About It
Anne Richardson considers Richard Rothstein's "The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America."
Anne RichardsonNov 21, 2017
- Law
- Politics
The McPhee Method
Sven Birkerts considers John McPhee's "Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process."
Sven BirkertsNov 20, 2017
- Memoir & Essay
A Life in One Day
Kate Wolf on Christa Wolf's "One Day a Year: 2001-2011."
Kate WolfNov 19, 2017
- Memoir & Essay
Will It Ever Be Sunday?
Guy Bennett-Hunter on George Steiner and Laure Adler's "A Long Saturday: Conversations."
Guy Bennett-HunterNov 19, 2017
- Philosophy & Religion
- Religion
Rewriting the Rules of Art: Pierre Bourdieu’s “Manet: A Symbolic Revolution”
“Manet: A Symbolic Revolution” provides a view of a thinker at work, not a prophet.
Ben MerrimanNov 19, 2017
- Art & Architecture
The Space in Between: Afro-Surreal Liminality in Khary Lazarre-White’s “Passage”
Eisa Nefertari Ulen reviews Khary Lazarre-White's novel "Passage."
Eisa Nefertari UlenNov 18, 2017
- Fiction
The New Folk Horror: Recent Work by Sarah Hall, Conor O’Callaghan, and Malcolm Devlin
Nina Allan on new British weird fiction.
Nina AllanNov 18, 2017
- SF
“I Don’t Want To Grow Up”: On Oliver Ready’s “Persisting in Folly: Russian Writers in Search of Wisdom, 1963–2013”
Josh Billings finds good sense in Oliver Ready’s “Persisting in Folly: Russian Writers in Search of Wisdom, 1963–2013.”
Josh BillingsNov 17, 2017
- Around the World
- Literary Criticism
For Some, the Lines Are Blurrier — Sex, Power, and Campus Assault
Feminist activist Kamilah Willingham discusses Vanessa Grigoriadis’s “Blurred Lines” and a generational divide.
Kamilah WillinghamNov 17, 2017
- Law
- Politics
Flames and Famine: On Laura Engelstein and Anne Applebaum
“Russia in Flames” by Laura Engelstein, “Red Famine” by Anne Applebaum, and the legacies of the first communist state.
Douglas SmithNov 16, 2017
- Around the World
- History