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A Democratic and Peaceful Existence: On Jonathan Sullivan and Lev Nachman’s “Taiwan”
Catherine Chou discusses “Taiwan: A Contested Democracy Under Threat” by Jonathan Sullivan and Lev Nachman.
All Reviews
When Tolstoy Met Trollope: On Sophie Ratcliffe’s “Loss, a Love Story”
Bob Blaisdell reviews Sophie Ratcliffe’s “Loss, a Love Story: Imagined Histories and Brief Encounters.”
All Together Now: On Leah Hunt-Hendrix and Astra Taylor’s “Solidarity”
A pair of activist-intellectuals look at the history of solidarity and the limitations of charity.
Misinformed Care: On Uché Blackstock’s “Legacy” and Constance Hilliard’s “Ancestral Genomics”
Naa Oyo A. Kwate lauds Uché Blackstock’s grounded memoir about racism in medicine and denounces Constance Hilliard’s genetic explanation for Black health disparities.
A Tax Haven in a Heartless World: On Melinda Cooper’s “Counterrevolution”
Sarah Brouillette reviews Melinda Cooper’s “Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance.”
Actual Real Life: On Curtis Hanson’s “8 Mile”
Jayson Buford revisits Curtis Hanson and Eminem’s “8 Mile.”
In the Midst of Life, We Are in Death: On Marina Yuszczuk’s “Thirst”
Zachary Gillan reviews Marina Yuszczuk’s “Thirst.”
One Long, Queasy Confession: On Lucas Rijneveld’s “My Heavenly Favorite”
Francesca Peacock reviews Lucas Rijneveld’s “My Heavenly Favorite.”
The Good Wood: On Matthew J. C. Clark’s “Bjarki, Not Bjarki”
Josh Billings reviews Matthew J. C. Clark’s “Bjarki, Not Bjarki: On Floorboards, Love, and Irreconcilable Differences.”
Falling Apart Together: On Hannah Proctor’s “Burnout”
Tom Allen reviews Hannah Proctor’s “Burnout: The Emotional Experience of Political Defeat.”
Hollywood’s Nomads: On Pamela Robertson Wojcik’s “Unhomed”
Ned Resnikoff reviews Pamela Robertson Wojcik’s “Unhomed: Cycles of Mobility and Placelessness in American Cinema.”
A Red Flag for a Bull: On Constance Debré’s “Playboy”
Lazz Kinnamon reviews Constance Debré's "Playboy."
Listening for Echoes of Eleanor: On Elizabeth Hand’s “A Haunting on the Hill”
Shannon Scott reviews Elizabeth Hand’s “A Haunting on the Hill.”
Haunted Native America: On Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. and Shane Hawk’s “Never Whistle at Night”
Eric Gary Anderson reviews Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. and Shane Hawk’s “Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology.”
Draw the Black Straw: On Jean Valentine’s “Light Me Down”
Elizabeth Metzger reviews Jean Valentine’s “Light Me Down: The New & Collected Poems of Jean Valentine.”
Critic or Translator? On Eli Friedlander’s “Walter Benjamin and the Idea of Natural History”
Sarah Moorhouse reviews Eli Friedlander’s “Walter Benjamin and the Idea of Natural History.”
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