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Pancakes and Pea Soup
Glenn Harper on Helene Tursten's "Who Watcheth."
Glenn HarperFeb 2, 2017
- Noir
To Be Young, Rich, and Screen-Addicted: Lindsey Lee Johnson’s “The Most Dangerous Place on Earth”
In Lindsey Lee Johnson’s “The Most Dangerous Place on Earth” privileged teenagers deal with the aftermath of a peer’s suicide.
Siel JuFeb 1, 2017
- Fiction
Alternative Facts, In and Out of This World
Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky asks us, what do we want from a story, even when we know it is not fully true?
Alice BooneJan 31, 2017
- Fiction
Morbid Symptoms: The Dreams and Realities of Gerard Reve’s “The Evenings”
Woody Haut takes a stroll through “The Evenings,” a classic Dutch novel by Gerard Reve.
Woody HautJan 31, 2017
- Fiction
Big Brother Is Watching You: Is America Becoming Orwell’s Nightmare?
Is America at risk of becoming Orwell's nightmare?
Stephen RohdeJan 31, 2017
- Law
- Politics
Reclaiming McGovern: A Legacy on the Left
Tom Gallagher reviews Thomas J. Knock’s “The Rise of a Priarie Statesman.”
Tom GallagherJan 30, 2017
- Politics
Lyric Address: Impossible Desire, Infinite Possibility
Kristina Marie Darling considers constructions of intimacy in the poetry of Jennifer S. Cheng, Rochelle Hurt, and Karen Volkman.
Kristina Marie DarlingJan 30, 2017
- Poetry
We Other Kakanians: Literature in the Aftermath of Empire
Adrian Daub reviews Marjorie Perloff’s “Edge of Irony: Modernism in the Shadow of the Habsburg Empire.”
Adrian DaubJan 29, 2017
- Around the World
- Literary Criticism
Ain’t No Justice. Only Grace.
Alicia Mosley on Natashia Deón's "Grace."
Alicia MosleyJan 29, 2017
- Fiction
Illuminating Love: On Carrie Jenkins’s “What Love Is”
Skye C. Cleary gets to the bottom of "What Love Is."
Skye C. ClearyJan 28, 2017
- Nonfiction
- Science & Technology
A Church Full of Females: A New History of Mormon Women
As the title of Laurel Thatcher Ulrich’s 2007 book affirms, Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History — like Mormon women.
John G. TurnerJan 28, 2017
Stones in the Fruit, Seeds in the Stone: On Stephen Yenser’s “Stone Fruit”
A. E. Stallings admires the ludic and lucid poems of “Stone Fruit” by Stephen Yenser.
A. E. StallingsJan 28, 2017
- Poetry
Form, Autobiography, Sex: Eimear McBride’s Second Novel
Ruth Gilligan on Eimear McBride's "The Lesser Bohemians."
Ruth GilliganJan 27, 2017
- Fiction
In Her Own Fashion: Being Kenneth Tynan’s Daughter
Dorna Khazeni on Tracy Tynan's memoir "Wear and Tear."
Dorna KhazeniJan 26, 2017
- Memoir & Essay
After the Aftermath: Rachel Cusk’s “Transit” is a Triumph
Christie Watson on Rachel Cusk's "Transit."
Christie WatsonJan 26, 2017
- Fiction
What Do You Have to Lose? Mark Danner on the Forever War
Mark Danner delivers eloquent and brutally direct assessments of the war policies of both Bush and Obama.
Stephen RohdeJan 24, 2017
- Law
- Politics