All Reviews

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  Urban Water and the Era of the No-Longer Possible

  Jeffery Atik looks at David Sedlak’s text on urban water and its increasing instability. Contributor tagline: Jeffery Atik is co-editor of Sustainable Technology Transfer.

  Jeffery AtikApr 5, 2014
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  The Lost World of Stefan Zweig

  Stefan Zweig longs for more than Vienna in 1900- it's the world of childhood, of illusions, and faith in human goodness the world so often denies.

  Tara Isabella BurtonApr 5, 2014
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  The Study of this Book is Forbidden.

  Jesse BullingtonApr 3, 2014
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  The Ever-Shifting Status

  The level of ingenuity in Stanley Crawford’s slim volume would be reason alone for its return to print.

  Tobias CarrollApr 2, 2014

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  The Book Gets Fatter: Lydia Davis's "Can't and Won't"

  If the sentences in that paragraph have the austerity of a textbook — no proper nouns, few concrete details, indeed nothing that typically signals creative writing — you might suspect those sentences were written by Lydia Davis.

  Michael LaPointeApr 2, 2014
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  Unusual Politics: Ramin Jahanbegloo’s “The Gandhian Moment”

  Karuna MantenaApr 1, 2014
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  Mad About You

  The evolution of the situational comedy

  Lara ZarumApr 1, 2014
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  He Said, She Said: Najla Said’s “Looking for Palestine”

  A memoir by Edward Said’s daughter, about growing up with a famous father.

  Nasia AnamMar 31, 2014

• Scraping off the Whitewash

  To what extent should German scientists be castigated for trying to support their country and protect their families?

  Patricia FaraMar 30, 2014
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  The Self as Sediment

  Judith Kitchen’s book-length essay on cancer, memory, and liberation of losing oneself in death.

  Kimberly YoungMar 29, 2014

• Liz Prince Nails It: A Graphic Review of "Alone Forever"

  Colleen FrakesMar 29, 2014
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  Femmes Dangereuses in the 20th Century

  Karen Karbo on Judith Mackrell’s collection of six mini-biographies.

  Karen KarboMar 28, 2014
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  Interstellar Troublemaking: Cecil Castellucci's "Tin Star"

  Michael LevyMar 28, 2014
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  Tragedy or Political Correctness? Ari Shavit and the Confusion of the Zionist Liberal Left

  What distinguishes Ari Shavit’s left-liberal Zionism from far right Zionism? Not much, says Omri Boehm.

  Omri BoehmMar 27, 2014
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  The Center and the Margins: Isaiah Berlin’s Political Thought

  Isaiah Berlin, the world's historian of ideas

  Aurelian CraiutuMar 26, 2014
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  Not Quite Lost in Translation

  Lebanese author Rabih Alameddine’s latest novel, An Unnecessary Woman, is a paean to the transformative power of reading.

  Ivan KenneallyMar 26, 2014