The Game of CritiqueAndrew Fleshman reviews Patrick Jagoda’s “Experimental Games.”...ANDREW FLESHMANCULTURAL STUDIES
The Limits of Clean Lines: On Jordan Peterson’s “Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life”David Wolpe looks at the new book from Jordan Peterson, “Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life.”...DAVID WOLPECULTURAL STUDIES
Pronominal StrifeBryan A. Garner considers "What’s Your Pronoun?," the recently published book by Dennis Baron....BRYAN A. GARNERLAWPOLITICSCULTURAL STUDIESGENDER & SEXUALITY
Freethinkers Versus the Monsterverse: An Excerpt from “The New Enlightenment”LARB presents an excerpt from Peter B. Kaufman’s “The New Enlightenment and the Fight to Free Knowledge.”...PETER B. KAUFMANAROUND THE WORLDHISTORYCULTURAL STUDIES
Pitching the DisciplineSebastian Lecourt considers "Humanist Reason," the new book by Eric Hayot....SEBASTIAN LECOURTEDUCATIONREMAKING THE UNIVERSITYPHILOSOPHY & CRITICAL THEORYCULTURAL STUDIES
The Case for LoiteringAnandi Mishra meanders through “Aimlessness,” the new book by Tom Lutz....ANANDI MISHRAMEMOIR & ESSAYCULTURAL STUDIES
A Look at Nothing: On Susan A. Crane’s “Nothing Happened: A History”Vesper North considers "Nothing Happened," a new history by Susan A. Crane....VESPER NORTHHISTORYCULTURAL STUDIES
Politics as Identity: A Conversation with Tobias CarrollOana Godeanu-Kenworthy talks with Tobias Carroll about his new book, “Political Sign.”...OANA GODEANU-KENWORTHYPOLITICSCULTURAL STUDIES
Pointing Out the Elephant: On Sean Griffin’s “The Liturgical Past in Byzantium and Early Rus”Simon Franklin praises “The Liturgical Past in Byzantium and Early Rus” by Sean Griffin....SIMON FRANKLINAROUND THE WORLDRELIGIONHISTORYCULTURAL STUDIES
Still ArabReflections on the 10th anniversary of the Arab uprisings: language, identity, and the politics of despair....RAYAN FAKHOURYAROUND THE WORLDPOLITICSHISTORYCULTURAL STUDIES
What If We Saved Ourselves?Brian Lin maps out the terrain of racial struggle in the literary world....BRIAN LINNONFICTIONMEMOIR & ESSAYCULTURAL STUDIES
Travelogue of the ExodusCharles Dunst reviews Anne Goldman's "Stargazing in the Atomic Age," her search for modern Jewish identity....CHARLES DUNSTMEMOIR & ESSAYHISTORYCULTURAL STUDIES
Vernacular PornographyIs sexual folk art a democratic repository of human creativity?...HOUMAN BAREKATAROUND THE WORLDHISTORYCULTURAL STUDIESGENDER & SEXUALITY
The Fallacy of American Studies: A ConversationOn xenolinguaphobia and the provincialism of American Studies....ILAN STAVANS, STEVEN G. KELLMANEDUCATIONPOLITICSCULTURAL STUDIES
A Democratic Medium?A lively, handsome new book about the evolution of photographic styles and practices....GEORGE PHILIP LEBOURDAISART & ARCHITECTUREHISTORYCULTURAL STUDIES
“Toxic” Relationships in the Affective AgeWhat memoirs by Melissa Febos, Carmen Maria Machado, and Alisson Wood can tell us about our affective age....GILA ASHTORMEMOIR & ESSAYCULTURAL STUDIES
The Dream of the Swimming PoolJames Delbourgo considers the ways we've looked at swimming pools over the years....JAMES DELBOURGOAROUND THE WORLDART & ARCHITECTURECULTURAL STUDIES
Toward a Saner PsychedeliaIdo Hartogsohn’s new book explores the impact of LSD on postwar American society and culture....MATTHEW BONDSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGYCULTURAL STUDIES
The Talented Ms. CallowayWhat can Caroline Calloway tell us about media culture, the self-branding industry, gig work, and a growing army of hungry creatives vying for attention?...SARAH BROUILLETTEECONOMICS AND FINANCECULTURAL STUDIES
Meritocracy and Battle RoyaleWhat online games can tell us about our culture of cutthroat competition and rampant inequality....BRENDAN MACKIEPOLITICSCULTURAL STUDIES
Performance Anxiety: How Cold War Men’s Adventure Magazines Shaped Soldiers’ (Mis)Understandings of the Vietnam WarCheap magazine stories may have fueled the way we fought the Vietnam War....NICHOLAS UTZIGPOLITICSHISTORYCULTURAL STUDIES
The Myth of MestizajeA celebrated Mexican anthropologist explodes one of his nation’s founding myths....FEDERICO NAVARRETE, ELLEN JONESAROUND THE WORLDPOLITICSCULTURAL STUDIES
The Undying Half-Life of YiddishTwo books explore the indelible imprint of Yiddish on modern politics and popular culture....MARC CAPLANRELIGIONMEMOIR & ESSAYHISTORYCULTURAL STUDIES
A Modest Proposal for Building the FutureAlex Pang thinks he should hate Lee Vinsel and Andrew Russell’s book “The Innovation Delusion.” Instead, he wholeheartedly agrees with their main points....ALEX SOOJUNG-KIM PANGECONOMICS AND FINANCESCIENCE & TECHNOLOGYCULTURAL STUDIES
