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The Place You Now Live: On Lauren Markham’s “A Map of Future Ruins”
Stephanie Elizondo Griest reviews Lauren Markham’s “A Map of Future Ruins: On Borders and Belonging.”
Stephanie Elizondo GriestFeb 23, 2024
The Ethics and Erotics of Permission: On Manon Garcia’s “The Joy of Consent”
Anna Katharina Schaffner reviews Manon Garcia’s “The Joy of Consent: A Philosophy of Good Sex.”
Anna Katharina SchaffnerFeb 22, 2024
Whose (Who’s) Shakespeare? On Amelia Rosselli’s “Sleep”
Taylor Yoonji Kang reviews Amelia Rosselli’s “Sleep.”
Taylor Yoonji KangFeb 22, 2024
Timothy Leary Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things: On Benjamin Breen’s “Tripping on Utopia”
Timothy Leary sucked the revolutionary potential out of psychedelic science, concludes Kim Adams after reading Benjamin Breen’s “Tripping on Utopia: Margaret Mead, the Cold War and the Troubled Birth of Psychedelic Science.”
Kim AdamsFeb 21, 2024
Girls Gone Wild? On Apple TV+’s “The Buccaneers”
Sheila Liming gets to the bottom of Apple TV+ and Katherine Jakeways’s “The Buccaneers.”
Sheila LimingFeb 20, 2024
- Cultural Studies
- Television
Prove You’re Not a Robot: On Karel Čapek’s “R.U.R.”
Jonathan Bolton uses the occasion of a new edition and translation of Karel Čapek’s play “R.U.R.,” first published in Prague in 1920, to revisit the origins of the word “robot,” and explore the play’s uncannily prescient vision of artificial life.
Jonathan BoltonFeb 20, 2024
Whatever I Can Have, Nothing I Want: On Nazlı Koca’s “The Applicant”
Kaya Genç reviews Turkish author Nazlı Koca’s debut novel “The Applicant.”
Kaya GençFeb 19, 2024
- Fiction
Hunger for the Whole: On Jacob Emery’s “The Vortex That Unites Us”
Caryl Emerson reviews Jacob Emery’s “The Vortex That Unites Us: Versions of Totality in Russian Literature.”
Caryl EmersonFeb 19, 2024
The Interior of the Exterior: On Katie Peterson’s “Fog and Smoke”
Valerie Duff-Strautmann reviews Katie Peterson’s “Fog and Smoke.”
Valerie Duff-StrautmannFeb 18, 2024
- Poetry
Questions of Travel: On Kurt Caswell’s “Iceland Summer”
James Perrin Warren reviews Kurt Caswell’s “Iceland Summer: Travels Along the Ring Road.”
James Perrin WarrenFeb 18, 2024
Anatomy of a Sound: On Esther Kinsky’s “Rombo”
Aditya Narayan Sharma reviews Esther Kinsky’s “Rombo.”
Aditya Narayan SharmaFeb 17, 2024
- Fiction
Lethal Irony: On Han Ong’s “Fixer Chao”
Zoe Hu reviews Han Ong’s 2001 novel “Fixer Chao” and sees an allegory of the writers and con artists of our own era.
Zoë HuFeb 17, 2024
- Fiction
Outgrowing Melodrama: On Todd Haynes’s “May December”
Victoria Wiet looks at “May December” as a melodrama that exceeds the genre’s ideological limits and binaries.
Victoria WietFeb 15, 2024
- Film
- Gender & Sexuality
Desirous of Indifference: On Peter Stamm’s “The Archive of Feelings”
Michael Knapp reviews Peter Stamm’s “The Archive of Feelings.”
Michael KnappFeb 15, 2024
- Fiction
Subversion of Resolution: On Eileen Vorbach Collins’s “Love in the Archives”
Melissa M. Monroe reviews Eileen Vorbach Collins’s “Love in the Archives: A Patchwork of True Stories About Suicide Loss.”
Melissa M. MonroeFeb 13, 2024
- Memoir & Essay
- Nonfiction
Multifaceted Portals of Discovery: On Janet Sternburg’s “Looking at Mexico / Mexico Looks Back”
Brendan Riley reviews Janet Sternburg’s new collection of photographs, “Looking at Mexico / Mexico Looks Back.”
Brendan RileyFeb 12, 2024
- Art & Architecture