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Annals of an Alternate World: On John McPhee’s “Tabula Rasa”
Noah Rawlings reviews John McPhee’s “Tabula Rasa.”
Nonfiction
"There is nothing more poetic and terrible than the skyscrapers' battle with the heavens that cover them." — Federico García Lorca
Calm Can Coexist with Fury: A Conversation with Naomi Klein
Editor-in-Chief Michelle Chihara speaks with author Naomi Klein about her new book,“Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World.”
Weaponized Plumbing: On Henry Farrell and Abraham L. Newman’s “Underground Empire”
Krzysztof Pelc mostly agrees with Henry Farrell and Abraham L. Newman’s “Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy” but quibbles that it’s hard to draw the line between the peculiarly 21st-century type of influence they describe—which flows from fiber-optic cables, data centers, and dollar clearinghouses—and more conventional types of power.
Let’s Be Neurotic Together: A Conversation with Cathy Park Hong
Editor-in-Chief Michelle Chihara speaks with author Cathy Park Hong.
The Country of the Apocalypse: On George Black’s “The Long Reckoning”
Elaine Elinson reviews George Black’s “The Long Reckoning: A Story of War, Peace, and Redemption in Vietnam.”
Cooperative Ideals at the Heart of Everything: On Bernard Harcourt’s “Cooperation”
Avram Alpert reviews Bernard Harcourt’s “Cooperation: A Political, Economic, and Social Theory.”
Thin Ice: On Uwe Wittstock’s “February 1933”
Historian Daniela Blei beautifully captures the essence of Uwe Wittstock’s newly translated “February 1933: The Winter of Literature.”
Get Lost: On Daniel Asa Rose’s “Truth or Consequences”
Julie Morrison reviews Daniel Asa Rose’s “Truth or Consequences: Improbable Adventures, a Near-Death Experience, and Unexpected Redemption in the New Mexico Desert.”
Measured Longings and Layered Stories: On Jonathan Leal’s “Dreams in Double Time”
Sam V.H. Reese reviews Jonathan Leal’s “Dreams in Double-Time: On Race, Freedom, and Bebop."
Great Memoirists Lie: On Caroline Calloway’s “Scammer”
Anna Dorn reviews Caroline Calloway’s “Scammer.”
Justice in the Age of Abolition: On Joanna Schwartz’s “Shielded”
Hector Villagra reviews Joanna Schwartz’s “Shielded: How the Police Became Untouchable.”
How We Socialize Now: A Conversation with Sheila Liming
Jeffrey J. Williams interviews Sheila Liming, author of the recent “Hanging Out: The Radical Power of Killing Time.”
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