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Under Large Candelabra
Charlie Taylor reviews “Hotel Lux: An Intimate History of Communism’s Forgotten Radicals” by Maurice J. Casey.
All Reviews
Tales Wagging Translators
Bruce Krajewski reviews Damion Searls’s “The Philosophy of Translation.”
Back to the New Wave Future
Rob Latham reviews Harlan Ellison’s anthology “The Last Dangerous Visions” and the 60th anniversary issue of Michael Moorcock’s “New Worlds” magazine.
A Show About People Like Them
Olivia Stowell considers Danzy Senna’s new novel “Colored Television.”
The Invention of Tolerance
Jeffrey Collins reviews Jed W. Atkins’s “The Christian Origins of Tolerance.”
Itineraries of Affect
Erdağ Göknar reviews Orhan Pamuk’s “Memories of Distant Mountains: Illustrated Notebooks, 2009–2022.”
On Melons and Melancholy
Ben Wurgaft demonstrates how Steven Shapin’s “Eating and Being” illuminates the intellectual and cultural dynamics of “dietetics”—the relationship between diet, health, and identity—like no prior work on the subject.
Teen Life Is a Horror Show
Molly D. Boyd considers Nick Cutter’s new horror novel “The Queen.”
Love in a Placeless City
Ariella Garmaise reviews Kazik Radwanski’s new film “Matt and Mara.”
Tropical Malaise
Rafaela Bassili reviews Stephen G. Bloom’s “The Brazil Chronicles.”
The Comforts of Horror
Daniel Lukes reviews Charles Burns’s “Final Cut” and “Kommix.”
Anarchism and Principle of Play
Steven Shaviro reviews David Graeber’s posthumous essay collection “The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World …”
Dire Threats
Apoorva Tadepalli reviews Nathan J. Robinson and Noam Chomsky’s “The Myth of American Idealism: How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers the World.”
Celluloid Dreams: Revolution and Its Enemies in Cold War Global Cinema
Jason Christian reviews “Revolution in 35mm,” edited by Andrew Nette and Samm Deighan.
Can “Tech Criticism” Tame Silicon Valley?
Evan Selinger lauds Gary Marcus’s new book for its clarity on how to stop the madness and greed around generative AI. He questions the power of “tech criticism” to translate into actual reform, however.
A World Bent Toward Degradation
Ricardo Jaramillo reviews Phoebe Giannisi’s collection “Chimera,” translated by Brian Sneeden.
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