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Psychopath-ish
Are all men psychopaths?
Jordan SmollerJan 17, 2014
Enlightenment: James MacGregor Burns’s Version
Yet another version of the Enlightenment — with some flaws, like all of them.
Robert ZaretskyJan 16, 2014
Bye, Bye, Theory, Goodbye
Is theory “over”? Yes and no.
David WintersJan 16, 2014
Cold Redemption
Greg Baxter makes a strong literary comeback with his quiet, mysterious novel The Apartment.
Michael LokessonJan 15, 2014
Japan’s Capital Unveiled
Tokyo is hot, and Tokyo is cool.
Jeff KingstonJan 15, 2014
Evolutionary Mismatches: The State of Being Human Today
How did a series of evolutionary mismatches create the human being as we know it today?
Marlene ZukJan 13, 2014
New World Imaginations and Deceptions
Inventive, audacious, passionate: Melville would have approved.
H. Bruce FranklinJan 12, 2014
Sex, Despair, and the Fantasy of Desire
Joshua Michael DemareeJan 11, 2014
Between Genres: On Chang-rae Lee’s Realism
A reader's evolving relationship with Chang-rae Lee's novels.
Min Hyoung SongJan 10, 2014
The Power of a (Gay) Kiss
Noel AlumitJan 10, 2014
Flip-flopping on Free Speech
Oliver Wendell Holmes changed all our minds about the 1st Amendment.
Stephen RohdeJan 9, 2014
Kosher Hushpuppies: Jason K. Friedman’s "Fire Year"
Jason K. Friedman’s story collection — tales of sexual identity, filial entanglements, and Southern culture — won the Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction.
Douglas RayJan 8, 2014
In the Museum of Man and Heroes
An original and elegant book on the discovery that race is just a concept.
Eric JenningsJan 7, 2014
Are There Universal Human Rights or Not?
Yes, Muslim women DO need saving, sometimes, says our critic.
Rayyan Al-ShawafJan 7, 2014
Whiskey, Served Neat: A Taxonomy of American Whiskeys
John T. ScottJan 5, 2014
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Redemption Songs: Diana McCaulay's "Huracan"
A historical novel of Jamaica
Stephen NarainJan 4, 2014