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The World Coming at Us Backward
Richard Kearney on Fanny Howe's "The Needle's Eye."
Memoir & Essay
"The older one grows, the more one likes indecency." — Virginia Woolf
A Murderer, a Martyr, a Daughter, a Lover: Four Ways of Looking at Abortion
A crop of new books — a novel and three memoirs — add complexity to the seemingly insurmountable national divide over abortion.
Only Desert in China Lake
Kevin Zambrano on Barret Baumgart's "China Lake: A Journey into the Contradicted Heart of a Global Climate Catastrophe."
Streetwalker
Kate Wolf visits Lauren Elkin's "Flâneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice, and London."
Shades of Gray and Black
Sarah Heston reviews Kristen Radtke's "Imagine Wanting Only This."
The State of Post-Truth
"What is Florida?" Anya Ventura on Sarah Gerard's "Sunshine State."
An Interview with Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
Nanda Dyssou talks to Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o about writing in native languages, living in exile, and his hope for Africa.
“Literature with a Capital L”: On Arthur Krystal’s “This Thing We Call Literature”
Patrick Kurp appreciates the serious “sallies” of “This Thing We Call Literature” by Arthur Krystal.
Gurwitch Goes for the Gelt
Mort Zachter visits Annabelle Gurwitch's "Wherever You Go, There They Are."
“I Know That Story!”: On Natalia Ginzburg’s “Family Lexicon”
Eric Gudas pores over “Family Lexicon” by Natalia Ginzburg.
How to Be Torn-Between
Emily LaBarge reviews Durga Chew-Bose's "Too Much and Not the Mood."
Music in the Air: A Tribute to Music Critic Ralph J. Gleason
Jon Friedman on "Music in the Air: The Selected Writings of Ralph J. Gleason."
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