All Reviews

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  What Was the Sitcom? On Grace Lavery’s “Closures”

  Isabel Bartholomew reviews Grace Lavery’s “Closures: Heterosexuality and the American Sitcom.”

  Isabel BartholomewMay 25, 2024

  • Cultural Studies

  • Gender & Sexuality

  • Nonfiction

  • Television

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  Beamed from Within: On Harlan Ellison’s “Greatest Hits”

  Greg Cwik reviews the new compilation of work from writer Harlan Ellison.

  Greg CwikMay 24, 2024

  • Fiction

  • Film

  • Television

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  Here Be Monstrous Architects: On Joshua Comaroff and Ong Ker-Shing’s “Horror in Architecture”

  Stephanie Schoellman reviews Joshua Comaroff and Ong Ker-Shing’s “Horror in Architecture: The Reanimated Edition.”

  Stephanie SchoellmanMay 23, 2024

  • Cultural Studies

  • Education

  • Nonfiction

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  Making Stones Stony: On Jordan Abel’s “Empty Spaces”

  Sarah Dowling reviews Jordan Abel’s new novel “Empty Spaces.”

  Sarah DowlingMay 23, 2024

  • Fiction

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  Sincerity, Delicately Spun: On Honor Levy’s “My First Book”

  Conor Truax reviews Honor Levy’s “My First Book.”

  Conor TruaxMay 22, 2024

  • Fiction

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  Grief-Wild in This Orphan World: On R. O. Kwon’s “Exhibit”

  Ryan Lackey reviews R. O. Kwon’s new novel “Exhibit.”

  Ryan LackeyMay 21, 2024

  • Fiction

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  I Would Like to Know Her: On Cookie Woolner’s “The Famous Lady Lovers”

  Leigh-Michil George reviews Cookie Woolner’s “The Famous Lady Lovers: Black Women and Queer Desire Before Stonewall.”

  Leigh-Michil GeorgeMay 21, 2024

  • Cultural Studies

  • History

  • Memoir & Essay

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  The Ongoing Present: On Teresa Aranguren and Sandra Barrilaro’s “Against Erasure”

  Tal Frieden reviews “Against Erasure: A Photographic Memory of Palestine Before the Nakba” by Teresa Aranguren and Sandra Barrilaro.

  Tal FriedenMay 20, 2024

  • Art & Architecture

  • History

  • Politics

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  The Narcotic Allure of Dictatorship: On Jacob Heilbrunn’s “America Last”

  Matt Hanson reviews Jacob Heilbrunn’s “America Last: The Right’s Century-Long Romance with Foreign Dictators.”

  Matt HansonMay 19, 2024

  • History

  • Politics

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  How Long Will I Be a Prisoner? On Alison C. Rollins’s “Black Bell”

  Diana Arterian reviews Alison C. Rollins’s “Black Bell.”

  Diana ArterianMay 19, 2024

  • Cultural Studies

  • Gender & Sexuality

  • Poetry

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  United in Torment: On Fine Gråbøl’s “What Kingdom”

  Emmeline Clein reviews Fine Gråbøl’s “What Kingdom.”

  Emmeline CleinMay 18, 2024

  • Fiction

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  A City of Tongues and Muscle: On Shanta Gokhale and Jerry Pinto’s “Maya Nagari” Anthology

  Uttaran Das Gupta reviews Shanta Gokhale and Jerry Pinto's anthology “Maya Nagari: Bombay-Mumbai, A City in Stories.”

  Uttaran Das GuptaMay 17, 2024

  • Fiction

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  Pull the Red Thread: On Alice Rohrwacher’s “La chimera”

  Greta Rainbow reviews Alice Rohrwacher’s film “La chimera.”

  Greta RainbowMay 16, 2024

  • Art & Architecture

  • Film

  • Philosophy & Religion

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  How Anecdotes Sell Drugs: On the 30th Anniversary Edition of Peter Kramer’s “Listening to Prozac”

  Andrew Scull critiques the cultural influence of Peter Kramer’s 1993 book “Listening to Prozac.”

  Andrew ScullMay 16, 2024

  • Nonfiction

  • Science & Technology

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  A More Camouflaged Colony: On Margaret M. Power’s “Solidarity Across the Americas”

  Emiliano Aguilar reviews Margaret M. Power’s “Solidarity Across the Americas: The Puerto Rican Nationalist Party and Anti-imperialism."

  Emiliano AguilarMay 15, 2024

  • History

  • Politics

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  All of This, My Dear Sir, Is Surrealism: On Mark Polizzotti’s “Why Surrealism Matters”

  Anna Levett reviews Mark Polizzotti’s “Why Surrealism Matters.”

  Anna LevettMay 14, 2024

  • Cultural Studies

  • History