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Home to Humanity: Linda Gregerson’s “Prodigal: New and Selected Poems, 1976–2014”
Emilia Phillips on Linda Gregerson’s “Prodigal: New and Selected Poems, 1976–2014”.
All Reviews
Second Acts: A Second Look at Second Books of Poetry by Linda Gregerson and Rachel Richardson
Lisa Russ Spaar on "The Woman Who Died in Her Sleep" and "Hundred-Year Wave".
In for Doom: Austin Reed’s “The Life and the Adventures of a Haunted Convict”
Bashaun Brown and Caleb Smith discuss Austin Reed's recently rediscovered memoir, "The Life and the Adventures of a Haunted Convict".
A Philosophical Take on Fracking
Amy Knisley on "A Field Philosopher's Guide to Fracking" by Adam Briggle.
Civil Religion for a Diverse Nation
John T. McGreevy on "The Origins of American Religious Nationalism" by Sam Haselby.
Her Mother/Herself
Betsy Lerner and Bridge send Karen Karbo to the fridge.
Welcome to Manville
David McGlynn on “The Hero’s Body” by William Giraldi.
Historical Mysteries: Sarah Kaufman Returns
“Rule of Capture” presents a biting commentary on the uneasy truce between Latino L.A. and the city’s entrenched political, cultural, and economic elites.
Hope and Inexperience and Yearning
Karen Brissette reviews “Good as Gone” by Amy Gentry.
What’s the Matter with Cancer Alley? Arlie Russell Hochschild’s Anatomy of Trumpism
Sean McCann on Arlie Russell Hochschild's “Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right”.
Remembering How It Felt to Burn: Robin Wasserman’s “Girls on Fire”
Robin Wasserman's "Girls on Fire" is a mystery and a tangled love triangle and a ruthless thriller, and it’s satisfying and troubling on all these levels.
A Chaotic Chronicle
Rayyan Al-Shawaf reviews Jessica Valenti’s memoir “Sex Object”.
My Name Is Derrick Harriell and I’m a Dated Emcee: A Review of Chinaka Hodge’s “Dated Emcees”
Derrick Harriell on Chinaka Hodge's "Dated Emcees".
Nothing Romantic About It
"What does it mean to be a mentally ill artist?" Lauren O'Neal on Ricardo Cavolo and Scott McClanahan's "The Incantations of Daniel Johnston".
The Myth of Thumbprints: Reading John Berger in Berlin
“A Seventh Man” documents the daily lives of migrant workers in the industrial north of Europe.
“The Cauliflower”: Deconstruction of a Hindu Mystic’s Spiritual Legacy
Anita Felicelli on Nicola Barker's "The Cauliflower".
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