Adam Fleming Petty

Bad Dad Jokes: On Lucas Mann’s “Attachments”
Adam Fleming Petty reviews Lucas Mann’s “Attachments: Essays on Fatherhood and Other Performance,” rooting his analysis in his personal experience.
Adam Fleming PettyMay 6, 2024
Masculinity Is the New Prey: On Ander Monson’s “Predator”
Adam Fleming Petty reviews Ander Monson’s memoir-in-criticism, “Predator.”
Adam Fleming PettySep 22, 2022
I Will Defend to the Death Your Right to Vote for Trump
From Rousseau to Trump? Adam Fleming Petty analyzes the Enlightenment roots of our current political anger.
Adam Fleming PettyMar 1, 2017
- Philosophy & Religion
- Politics
The CIA Comedy of Saddam Hussein
Adam Fleming Petty reviews John Nixon’s "Debriefing the President," about the CIA’s war against Saddam Hussein.
Adam Fleming PettyFeb 4, 2017
- History
- Politics
The Bones of What You Believe
Tom Bissell transforms Jesus's Apostles from figures of myth to tangible human beings, in search of a scholarly perspective on the origins of Christianity.
Adam Fleming PettyMar 24, 2016
- History
- Religion
Film Junkies
On the addiction narrative, when the addiction is movies.
Adam Fleming PettyJan 20, 2015
- Film
The Junk Artist
D’Ambrosio falls into a wide range of subjects, including Native American whaling, housing developments, and tabloid martyr Mary Kay Letourneau.
Adam Fleming PettyNov 10, 2014
- Memoir & Essay

Bad Dad Jokes: On Lucas Mann’s “Attachments”