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The Thoughts That Almost Killed Us: On Emmeline Clein’s “Dead Weight”
Leah Mandel reviews Emmeline Clein’s “Dead Weight: Essays on Hunger and Harm.”
All Reviews
Awaiting Apocalypse at a Red Light: On Radu Jude’s “Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World”
Julia Gunnison reviews Radu Jude’s “Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World.”
Violent Revelations: On Heather Lewis’s “Notice”
Emmeline Clein reviews the reissued edition of “Notice” by Heather Lewis.
Frame Tale: On Christine Smallwood’s “La Captive” and Chantal Akerman
Lori Marso reviews Christine Smallwood’s book on “La Captive” (Chantal Akerman, 2000).
For Potters, Read Wedgwood: On Iris Moon’s “Melancholy Wedgwood”
Mimi Howard reviews Iris Moon’s “Melancholy Wedgwood.”
Making Meaning out of Randomness: On Sheila Heti’s “Alphabetical Diaries”
Julia Berick reviews Sheila Heti’s “Alphabetical Diaries.”
Violence Repeated: On Don Mee Choi’s “Mirror Nation”
Anabelle Johnston reviews Don Mee Choi’s “Mirror Nation.”
The Life of You Too? On Eliot Weinberger’s “The Life of Tu Fu”
Forrest Gander reviews Eliot Weinberger’s “The Life of Tu Fu.”
From Aspiration to Constriction: On Three New Books Examining Change in China
Martin Laflamme reviews three recent books that help understand the opening of China during the 1980s–2000s, and its closing again under Xi Jinping’s rule in the 2010s.
The Eyes Have It: On Eugene M. Helveston’s “Death to Beauty”
Arvind Dilawar reviews Eugene M. Helveston’s “Death to Beauty: The Transformative History of Botox.”
The Red Shredding: On Netflix’s “3 Body Problem”
Christopher T. Fan reviews Netflix’s new show “3 Body Problem.”
Something Calamitous: On Hanna Johansson’s “Antiquity”
Anna Gaca reviews Hanna Johansson’s “Antiquity.”
The Crisis of Classical Studies: On Mary Beard’s “Emperor of Rome”
Edward Watts reviews Mary Beard’s “Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World.”
Porn Star and Feminist: On Jane Kamensky’s “Candida Royalle and the Sexual Revolution”
Fred Turner reviews Jane Kamensky’s “Candida Royalle and the Sexual Revolution: A History from Below.”
Instructions for Cutting Your Heart Out: On Gina Chung’s “Green Frog”
Charlee Dyroff reviews Gina Chung’s “Green Frog.”
Endless Renewal: On Adam Phillips’s “On Giving Up”
Sarah Moorhouse reviews Adam Phillips’s “On Giving Up.”
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