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“The End Is Where We Start From”: On Evan Kindley’s “Poet-Critics and the Administration of Culture”
Bradley Babendir reviews Evan Kindley’s “Poet-Critics and the Administration of Culture.”
All Reviews
The Truths We Do Not Know We Know
Megan N. Liberty reviews Teju Cole's "Blind Spot."
No, Speed Limit: John Scalzi’s “The Collapsing Empire”
John Scalzi’s “The Collapsing Empire” is one of the most important revisionist hyperspace narratives to come along in some time.
On “Coming of Age”: Margaret Mead’s Correspondence and the Biographical Problem
Deborah Blum’s new biography of anthropologist Margaret Mead poses questions about the ethical underpinnings of early fieldwork and the genre of biography.
Recline of the West: Couches and Psychoanalysis
How did psychoanalysis get its couch?
No County for Old Men
Stephen Lurie reviews John Pfaff's "Locked In: The True Causes of Mass Incarceration and How to Achieve Real Reform."
Public Theology in Retreat
"Where is the Reinhold Niebuhr for today?" Brad East reviews three new books from theologian David Bentley Hart.
This Is Not a Novel: Reality and Realism in Nicole Krauss’s “Forest Dark”
Anna E. Clark reviews Nicole Krauss's latest.
The Instagram Artist of Our Time
Eileen Myles’s work has always been both concrete and ephemeral. With Instagram, they've found their medium.
The Power to Trace Power: On Suzy Hansen’s “Notes on a Foreign Country”
Andrew Wessels considers “Notes on a Foreign Country,” in which Suzy Hansen investigates the power structures of American imperialism.
A Shattering and a Shame: On Suzy Hansen’s “Notes on a Foreign Country”
Rebecca Barr connects with “Notes on a Foreign Country,” in which Suzy Hansen casts a critical eye on her life as an American in Turkey.
Webs of Desire and Power
Rob Latham reviews “Safe” by Ryan Gattis.
Stories of New Narrative
Jean-Thomas Tremblay reviews "Writers Who Love Too Much: New Narrative 1977-1997," edited by Dodie Bellamy and Kevin Killian.
Hillbilly Jesus, Take Me Home: Gary Panter’s “Songy of Paradise”
Daniel Worden reviews Gary Panter's latest.
Travel, Memory, Madness: On Wojciech Nowicki’s “Salki”
Agnieszka Dale ponders Polishness and “Salki” by Wojciech Nowicki.
From 30 Rock to Capitol Hill: On “Al Franken, Giant of the Senate”
Darryl Holter appreciates “Al Franken, Giant of the Senate,” and solves a personal mystery.
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