Sacred Dirt
Serres reveals that pollution is not merely a by-product of industrialization, but a fundamental human, indeed animal, activity.
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Pure Cain
Cain is mainstream now, but no less shocking.
Amateurs
He pulled out a cherished hardcover edition of The Dice Man... This book, he said, is hilarious. More than that, it can change your life. Read it.
Cherry Bomb: On Ellen Willis
The Wile E. Coyote of Crime Fiction
His novels are filled with chases, explosions, and, amidst all the mayhem, a dash of philosophy about the absurdity of existence.
Mike Hammer is Back
One of the preeminent archetypes of the private detective.
The Criminal Kind: Sara Gran
An attempt to fashion a new mold for the 21st-century P.I.
Plunging into the Supernatural
Be warned: this isn’t a typical “werewolf” narrative.
Alternative Californias
A hard rain is falling. The storm is here. You are flying toward Hiroshima. It’s down to you.
Strange Trip
I reached for two things that always make me happy, an opium derivative and poetry. They work even better in combination; just ask E. A. Poe.
The Last Rant: On Ai Weiwei
An archive of one of China's most lively dissenting broadcasts.
Surface Tensions: On José Parlá and Mark Bradford
On José Parlá and Mark Bradford, two archivists of urban ruins.
Creative Destruction
On the architectural legacy of World War II.
Discoveries: Alexandra Fuller
Discoveries: Beryl Bainbridge
Discoveries: Dan Fante