All Reviews
Egyptian Spring
By gathering emblematic tweets, an important slice of the Revolution is organized and clarified through well-established editorial procedures.
Black and White
Insofar as poverty is the problem, Warren argues, history has nothing to do with the solution.
The Formidable Work of the Present
A powerhouse of a book.
Wasness
Warren's argument feels familiar.
Stars Inside Your Thumb
A real-life horror lies at the heart of Hicok's book.
Astounding Cosmic News: Matthew Zapruder's "Come On All You Ghosts"
Once Children
Strange Lights
The originality here lies in the author's ability to reshuffle the materials of pop literature and contemplate them anew.
Advertising Degree Zero: William Gibson's "Zero History"
This future is a scarier place, by far, than any that SF has yet imagined.
Boiling Point
The literary world tends to think of genre fiction in very short-hand terms, defined by rigid conventions, styles, plots, and readerships.
Tall Redhead Syndrome
Posthumous
Keys to the City
It is neither an accident nor a disaster that humanity is now, for the first time in its history, a predominantly urban species.
Narcocorridos: Ed Vulliamy's "Amexica"
"Few ever stop to ask how many lives just went up a supermodel's nose." Or got smoked in a bowl. Or rolled in a joint.
The Middle Years: Michael Cunningham's "By Nightfall"
Ah, Middle Age. Ye despised state.
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