On Killing Dogs
Colin Dayan's book "With Dogs at the Edge of Life" attempts to mark out the territory of dogs in our lives.
All Reviews
An Operational Advantage
Glenn Harper reviews "Real Tigers."
An Enduring Response to Injustice
Fred Korematsu was an ordinary man who took an extraordinary stand and ended up transforming not only himself and his community, but also the nation.
A Valentine for a Justice
"Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg" is a loving, slightly ironic biographical gift-book that is a spin-off from a Tumblr fan site.
Before “the War on Drugs”
Much of what we believe about Prohibition is wrong.
Stop Expressing Yourself
Ian Svenonius wants an end to "freedom of expression" in his latest, "Censorship Now!!"
Vote for Confidence
A new book examines the psychology of the confidence game — and illuminates a deep-seated American dysfunction.
Icarus of the Deep: The Life and Death of Freediver Nick Mevoli
It's difficult to read Mevoli's story and not think of him as an Icarus of the deep, someone who wanted to know how far he could go and died finding out.
Loving the Alien: Thomas Ligotti and the Psychology of Cosmic Horror
We have fallen in love with the world revealed by H.P. Lovecraft's fiction, but we have not understood what we love or why. Thomas Ligotti shows us.
The Mystery Behind the Name
Katherine Montwieler considers the relationship between personal and cultural traumas in Elizabeth Strout's "My Name is Lucy Barton."
Fighting Erasure
McAlpine is comfortable interrogating the mystery and thriller genre by writing within it, but with "Woman with a Blue Pencil," he's taking aim at something larger.
Imagination Battles: What Will the Future Look Like?
"Speculations (The Future Is ____)" "is meant to convey the relationship between ideation and action."
Excess Under Control: The New Sensibility in Midcentury Art
"Feast of Excess" is a fine study of the "New Sensibility" in American art.
The Death of the Author
Rhian Sasseen deconstructs the reader's obsession with authorial suicide.
The Seduction of the Gun
"The Gun" is almost more of a character study than a straight crime novel: it focuses on one young man's obsession and its fallout.
Beyond the Biopic
In an age where every other movie seems to be based on a "true" story or on the life of some revered leader, "Red Rosa" stands out as a way to do biography right.
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