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A Transatlantic Metamorphosis: On Brian K. Goodman’s “The Nonconformists”
Ian Ellison reviews Brian K. Goodman’s “The Nonconformists: American and Czech Writers Across the Iron Curtain.”
Cultural Studies
"Culture is an instrument wielded by professors to manufacture professors." — Simone Weil
The “Nacirema” Dream: The Story of an Asian American Studio
Jonathan van Harmelen reveals a lesser-known, unappreciated history of American film through the work of Asian American makers and studios.
I Understand Thee, and Can Speak Thy Tongue: California Unlocks Shakespeare’s Gibberish
In honor of National Talk Like Shakespeare Day, Frank Bergon writes about Shakespeare’s possible use of the Basque language.
Actual Real Life: On Curtis Hanson’s “8 Mile”
Jayson Buford revisits Curtis Hanson and Eminem’s “8 Mile.”
Critic or Translator? On Eli Friedlander’s “Walter Benjamin and the Idea of Natural History”
Sarah Moorhouse reviews Eli Friedlander’s “Walter Benjamin and the Idea of Natural History.”
The Thoughts That Almost Killed Us: On Emmeline Clein’s “Dead Weight”
Leah Mandel reviews Emmeline Clein’s “Dead Weight: Essays on Hunger and Harm.”
Violence Repeated: On Don Mee Choi’s “Mirror Nation”
Anabelle Johnston reviews Don Mee Choi’s “Mirror Nation.”
There Is No Point in My Being Other Than Honest with You: On Toni Morrison’s Rejection Letters
Melina Moe writes about the rejection letters Toni Morrison sent as an editor at Random House.
Deprovincializing Criticism: On Bruce Robbins’s “Criticism and Politics”
Christopher Newfield reviews Bruce Robbins’s “Criticism and Politics: A Polemical Introduction.”
I Wrong Form: On Cindy Juyoung Ok’s “Ward Toward”
Chloe Xiang reviews Cindy Juyoung Ok’s “Ward Toward.”
They Were Made to Choose Sides: On Eunice Lau’s “A-Town Boyz”
Ellen Song looks at Eunice Lau’s documentary “A-Town Boyz” in the context of contemporary Asian American representation.
Through a Grid, Darkly: On Anna Shechtman’s “The Riddles of the Sphinx”
Adrienne Raphel reviews Anna Shechtman’s “The Riddles of the Sphinx: Inheriting the Feminist History of the Crossword Puzzle.”
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