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Serious Literature: On Hua Hsu’s “A Floating Chinaman”
Min Hyoung Song explores the legacies of Pearl S. Buck and H. T. Tsiang in Hua Hsu's "A Floating Chinaman."
Min Hyoung SongSep 25, 2016
Russian Invasion: On Dan Ackerman’s “The Tetris Effect”
Ian Bogost looks at the history of Tetris in Dan Ackerman's "The Tetris Effect."
Ian BogostSep 25, 2016
Turn Left or Get Shot
Priyanka Kumar on Elizabeth Hinton's "From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime."
Priyanka KumarSep 24, 2016
- Law
- Politics
Picking Up the Pieces
Stephen E. Hanson on Aviezer Tucker's "The Legacies of Totalitarianism."
Stephen E. HansonSep 24, 2016
- History
- Politics
Why Is There Something Rather than Nothing?
Sara Lippincott on Sean Carroll's "The Big Picture."
Sara LippincottSep 23, 2016
- Science & Technology
Science and the Big Picture: Do Any Mysteries Remain?
Lee Smolin on Sean Carroll's "The Big Picture."
Lee SmolinSep 23, 2016
- Science & Technology
Labeling the Russian Immigrant: Irina Reyn’s “The Imperial Wife”
Sasha Senderovich on Irina Reyn's "The Imperial Wife."
Sasha SenderovichSep 23, 2016
- Fiction
Ecological Trauma in the Body: Viet Dinh’s “After Disasters” Explores the Inner Conflicts of Disaster Relief
Heidi Hong on Viet Dinh’s debut novel, “After Disasters.”
Heidi HongSep 22, 2016
- Fiction
End-Times Los Angeles: “Heroes Haven” and Women’s Retribution
Sarah Heston on Mario Simone's post-apocalyptic "Heroes Haven."
Sarah HestonSep 21, 2016
- Comics
Living in the Aftermath
Leah Mirakhor follows Hisham Matar's search for his father, kidnapped by the Qaddafi regime, in "The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between."
Leah MirakhorSep 20, 2016
- Memoir & Essay
Or Not So Well
Glyn Salton-Cox on what "Or Orwell" and "Orwell's Nose" can tell us about the much-studied George Orwell.
Glyn Salton-CoxSep 19, 2016
Tap Dancing: Reports of Our Death Have Been Grossly Exaggerated
Margaret Morrison reviews “What the Eye Hears: A History of Tap Dancing” by Brian Seibert.
Margaret MorrisonSep 18, 2016
- History
- Nonfiction
Maternal Ecstasies in Emma Donoghue’s “The Wonder”
In “The Wonder,” a new historical novel by Emma Donoghue, a nurse comes to understand the overwhelming power of motherhood.
Meghan O’GieblynSep 18, 2016
- Fiction
Rovelli’s Sublime Physics
Jennifer Carson looks at "Seven Brief Lessons on Physics" by Carlo Rovelli.
Jennifer CarsonSep 17, 2016
- Science & Technology
Freelance Constitutionalism: Akhil Amar and the History that Shadows Us
Laura W. Brill looks at Akhil Amar's "The Constitution Today."
Laura W. BrillSep 17, 2016
- Law
- Politics
Biography of a Book: Zaretsky on Kaplan on Camus
Robert Zaretsky on Alice Kaplan's "Looking For 'The Stranger'."
Robert ZaretskySep 15, 2016
- Fiction
- History