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Connecting the Dots
Adam Sobsey talks with Nell Zink and explores her new novel “Sister Europe.”
Adam SobseySep 7
- Fiction
Cruising as Moral Practice
Jordan Osserman reads two recent queer theory books exploring the form and chemistry of sex.
Jordan OssermanSep 7
- Gender & Sexuality
- Cultural Studies
The Dream of the 2000s Is Dead
Kristen Felicetti considers Colette Shade’s “Y2K: How the 2000s Became Everything.”
Kristen FelicettiSep 6
- Cultural Studies
- Memoir & Essay
The Thing You’ve Been Saying Your Whole Life
Julie Sedivy reviews Michael Erard’s “Bye Bye I Love You: The Story of Our First and Last Words.”
Julie SedivySep 6
- Cultural Studies
- Science & Technology
A Life Infested with Doubt
Cory Oldweiler reviews Croatian author Martina Vidaić’s novel “Bedbugs,” newly translated by Ellen Elias-Bursać.
Cory OldweilerSep 5
- Fiction
Chortling Smugly and Rolling Their Eyes
Christian Kriticos considers Louis Sachar’s “The Magician of Tiger Castle,” the children’s author’s “first novel for adults.”
Christian KriticosSep 4
- SF
A Higher Thing than History
Zach Gibson reviews Hayden White’s second volume of “The Ethics of Narrative: Essays on History, Literature, and Theory.”
Zach GibsonSep 2
Ungatherable Being
Martha Ronk thinks about Kristen Case’s “Daphne.”
Martha RonkSep 2
- Poetry
- Gender & Sexuality
Tongues Tied, Mirrors Shattered
Tammy Lai-Ming Ho explores Ho Sok Fong’s “Lake Like a Mirror,” translated by Natascha Bruce, and Lau Yee-Wa’s “Tongueless,” translated by Jennifer Feeley.
Tammy Lai-Ming HoAug 31
- Fiction
- Politics
A Communion with Music
Tadhg Hoey considers Ben Ratliff’s “Run the Song: Writing About Running About Listening.”
Tadhg HoeyAug 30
- Music
- Memoir & Essay
In the Late Ming, Literature Is Survival
Mahika Dhar reviews two classics of Chinese literature: Kong Shangren’s “The Peach Blossom Fan” and Zhang Yingyu’s “More Swindles from the Late Ming.”
Mahika DharAug 30
- History
- Fiction
A History That Needs to Be Retold
Vivien Chang reviews Howard W. French’s “The Second Emancipation: Nkrumah, Pan-Africanism, and Global Blackness at High Tide.”
Vivien ChangAug 29
- History
- Biography & Autobiography
Almost Like a Fairy Tale
Cory Oldweiler reviews German author Elena Fischer’s debut novel “Paradise Garden,” newly translated by Alexandra Roesch.
Cory OldweilerAug 28
- Fiction
Revolution of Our Times
Graham J. Murphy considers Badiucao and Melissa Chan’s “You Must Take Part in Revolution.”
Graham J. MurphyAug 28
Bold Whispers, Ironic Subtexts
Tim Riley reviews the Guarneri Quartet’s “Complete RCA Album Collection.”
Tim RileyAug 27
- Music
One Island, Many Histories
Michelle T. King reviews Catherine Lila Chou and Mark Harrison’s “Revolutionary Taiwan” and Anna Beth Keim’s “Heaven Does Not Block All Roads.”
Michelle T. KingAug 27
- History
- Biography & Autobiography