All Reviews

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  Strange, Unforgettable Women

  Sam Franzini climbs into Jessica Gross’s “Open Wide.”

  Sam FranziniAug 26

  • Fiction

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  If I Was Undercover Now I Wouldn’t Say

  C. Francis Fisher investigates Richard Siken’s “I Do Know Some Things.”

  C. Francis FisherAug 26

  • Poetry

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  Certain, but Not Final

  Winnie Wang reviews Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich’s debut feature “The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire.”

  Winnie WangAug 25

  • Film

  • Biography & Autobiography

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  Only by Being Terrible Do They Avoid Being Comic

  Sarah AlKahly-Mills explores James Bloodworth’s “Lost Boys: A Personal Journey Through the Manosphere.”

  Sarah AlKahly-MillsAug 24

  • Memoir & Essay

  • Gender & Sexuality

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  Poland as a State of Mind

  Agnieszka Dale considers Antonia Lloyd-Jones’s new anthology “The Penguin Book of Polish Short Stories.”

  Agnieszka DaleAug 24

  • Fiction

  • SF

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  Expanding the End of the World

  Erin Giannini reviews “The End of the World as We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King’s ‘The Stand,’” edited by Christopher Golden and Brian Keene.

  Erin GianniniAug 23

  • SF

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  Consciousness Multiplied

  Asa Drake reviews Harryette Mullen’s “Regaining Unconsciousness.”

  Asa DrakeAug 23

  • Poetry

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  Bad Diagrams

  Cassandra Seltman on the plumbing paintings of Harry Davies

  Cassandra SeltmanAug 22

  • Art & Architecture

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  Out of Language Comes Nothing and Everything

  Jennifer Kabat writes on Lynne Tillman and her new collection, “Thrilled to Death.”

  Jennifer KabatAug 21

  • Fiction

  • Memoir & Essay

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  We Know It’s a Show

  Hamilton Cain reviews Gary Shteyngart’s “Vera, or Faith.”

  Hamilton CainAug 20

  • Fiction

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  Howling Memories

  Rhoda Kwan reviews two newly translated novels reckoning with China’s bloody past, Fang Fang’s “Soft Burial” and Tsering Döndrup’s “The Red Wind Howls.”

  Rhoda KwanAug 20

  • History

  • Politics

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  A Child in the State of Nature

  Mitchell Abidor reviews the reprint edition of Roger Shattuck’s “The Forbidden Experiment: The Story of the Wild Boy of Aveyron.”

  Mitchell AbidorAug 19

  • History

  • Cultural Studies

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  The Best Troll Rome Ever Knew

  Edward Watts reviews Josiah Osgood’s “Lawless Republic: The Rise of Cicero and the Decline of Rome.”

  Edward WattsAug 19

  • History

  • Law

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  Emergency Unending

  Darren Wan reviews Hai Fan’s “Delicious Hunger,” translated by Jeremy Tiang, as well as Tiang’s own novel, “State of Emergency.”

  Darren WanAug 18

  • Fiction

  • History

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  Televising Decline

  Elizabeth Alsop reviews “The Studio,” “The Franchise,” and other recent industry satires.

  Elizabeth AlsopAug 17

  • Television

  • Film

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  I’ll Carry It with Me

  Amanda Hawkins explores Michael M. Weinstein’s new poetry collection “Saint Consequence.”

  Amanda HawkinsAug 17

  • Poetry

  • Gender & Sexuality