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Worlds in Stone: The Rock Books of Richard Sharpe Shaver
Aaron Labaree excavates Richard Sharpe Shaver’s “Some Stones Are Ancient Books.”
Aaron LabareeSep 19
- SF
The Lucent Light of Lethal Pain
Katie Berta examines the properties of grief in Prageeta Sharma’s new poetry collection “Onement Won.”
Katie BertaSep 18
- Poetry
jump cuts to mystery at edge of protest
Kate Millar reviews Anne Waldman’s “Archivist Scissors.”
Kate MillarSep 17
- Poetry
The Useless Prophet
Anthony Curtis Adler considers the new translation of Walter Benjamin’s “On Goethe” from Stanford University Press.
Anthony Curtis AdlerSep 16
- Philosophy & Religion
- Literary Criticism
Party Lines and Bottom Lines
Martin Laflamme traces the history and future of globalization through three recent books on China’s techno-nationalism.
Martin LaflammeSep 15
- Politics
- Economics and Finance
Tuck In
Helena Aeberli devours Ruby Tandoh’s “All Consuming: Why We Eat the Way We Eat Now.”
Helena AeberliSep 14
- Food & Drink
- Cultural Studies
Tripping with Plotinus
M. D. Usher explores Moin Mir’s “Travels with Plotinus: A Journey in Search of Unity.”
M. D. UsherSep 14
- Philosophy & Religion
- Memoir & Essay
The Point, However, Is to Change It
In advance of Andreas Malm and Wim Carton’s forthcoming book “The Long Heat: Climate Politics When It’s Too Late,” Genevieve Guenther revisits the authors’ 2024 title “Overshoot: How the World Surrendered to Climate Breakdown.”
Genevieve GuentherSep 13
Microdoses of Power on the Eastern Front
Alan Barenberg considers Michael David-Fox’s “Crucibles of Power: Smolensk Under Stalinist and Nazi Rule.”
Alan BarenbergSep 12
- History
- Politics
The Enemy of Aggression
Zach Gibson revisits Michel Serres’s “Hermes” series by way of Randolph Burks’s new translation.
Zach GibsonSep 11
- Science & Technology
- Philosophy & Religion
The Will to Power in China
Anne Stevenson-Yang reviews Robert L. Suettinger’s “The Conscience of the Party” and Joseph Torigian’s “The Party’s Interests Come First.”
Anne Stevenson-YangSep 10
In Hitler’s Shadow
Gavriel D. Rosenfeld reviews Alec Ryrie’s “The Age of Hitler and How We Will Survive It.”
Gavriel D. RosenfeldSep 10
Gazing into One’s Own Head
Josh Billings reviews German author Michael Lentz’s novel “Schattenfroh,” newly translated by Max Lawton.
Josh BillingsSep 9
- Fiction
Cough Up the Pill
David Schurman Wallace reviews Natalie Shapero’s new collection “Stay Dead.”
David Schurman WallaceSep 9
- Poetry
The Sound of Our World Resurging
David Palumbo-Liu considers Linda Quiquivix’s “Palestine 1492: A Report Back.”
David Palumbo-LiuSep 8
- Politics
- History
Bleak Intimacies
Katie Tobin reviews Hungarian author Ágota Kristóf’s story collection “I Don’t Care,” newly translated by Chris Andrews.
Katie TobinSep 8
- Fiction