Nonfiction

Haunted by Queer Marxism: On Petrus Liu’s “The Specter of Materialism”
Samuel Clowes Huneke reviews Petrus Liu’s “The Specter of Materialism: Queer Theory and Marxism in the Age of the Beijing Consensus."...
Samuel Clowes HunekeMay 14
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Self-Help and the Miseries of Capitalism: On Caleb Smith’s “Thoreau’s Axe” and Jenny Odell’s “Saving Time”
Chelsea Fitzgerald considers what Thoreau and Chris Rock have to teach us about the politics of attention, through Caleb Smith’s “Thoreau’s Axe” and Jenny Odell’s “Saving Time.”...
Chelsea FitzgeraldMay 13
- Nonfiction
Transcending Cultural Sickness: On Mark Edmundson’s “The Age of Guilt”
Joshua Hall considers Mark Edmundson’s “The Age of Guilt.”...
Joshua HallMay 10
- Nonfiction
No Monuments: On Ian Penman’s “Fassbinder Thousands of Mirrors”
Chris Molnar reviews Ian Penman’s “Fassbinder Thousands of Mirrors.”...
Chris MolnarMay 2
- Nonfiction
The Passionate Conversationalist: On Scott Timberg’s “Boom Times for the End of the World”
Joe Donnelly reviews his friend and colleague Scott Timberg’s posthumous collection, “Boom Times for the End of the World.”...
Joe DonnellyApr 29
- Nonfiction
Is Drawing Connections Enough?: On Brian Dillon’s “Affinities”
Alana Pockros reviews Brian Dillon’s “Affinities: On Art and Fascination.”...
Alana PockrosApr 26
- Nonfiction
Not-So-Silent Spring: On Greta Thunberg’s “The Climate Book”
Terry Babcock-Lumish reviews Greta Thunberg’s “The Climate Book.”...
Terry Babcock-LumishApr 18
- Nonfiction
Out of Necessity: On Christine Hume’s “Everything I Never Wanted to Know”
Juliana Spahr reviews Christine Hume’s “Everything I Never Wanted to Know.”...
Juliana SpahrApr 13
- Nonfiction
Alone Together: On Annie Ernaux’s “Look at the Lights, My Love”
Apoorva Tadepalli reviews Annie Ernaux’s “Look at the Lights, My Love.”...
Apoorva TadepalliApr 11
- Nonfiction
Novel Ways of Remembering Thai History: On Two New Books About Bangkok
Rosalie Metro reviews Emma Larkin’s “Comrade Aeon’s Field Guide to Bangkok” and Claudio Sopranzetti, Sara Fabbri, and Chiara Natalucci’s “The King of Bangkok.”...
Rosalie MetroApr 10
- Nonfiction
The Readers’ Reader: On Michael Silverblatt’s “Bookworm”
Chris Via reviews the selection of literary interviews gathered in “Bookworm: Conversations with Michael Silverblatt."...
Chris ViaMar 31
- Nonfiction
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Novel
Tom Comitta reflects on the process of growing to love, and eventually write, novels....
Tom ComittaMar 25
- Nonfiction
Mistrust on Both Sides: On Terry Lautz’s “Americans in China” and John Delury’s “Agents of Subversion”
Jeremiah Jenne reviews John Delury’s “Agents of Subversion: The Fate of John T. Downey and the CIA’s Covert War in China” and Terry Lautz’s “Americans in China: Encounters with the People’s Republic,” two books about the people who shaped the contours of United States–China relations in the 20th century....
Jeremiah JenneMar 5
- Nonfiction
Shelves Full of Bread: On Joan Ramon Resina’s “Cultures of Currencies”
Christoph Wulf reviews “Cultures of Currencies: Literature and the Symbolic Foundation of Money,” edited by Joan Ramon Resina....
Christoph WulfMar 5
- Nonfiction
The Flat Circle: On Jenny Odell’s “Saving Time”
Mary Retta reviews Jenny Odell’s “Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock.”...
Mary RettaMar 2
- Nonfiction
Adventures in the Sky and Misadventures on the Ground: On William D. Kalt III’s “America’s 1890s Parachute Queen” and Jana Bommersbach and Bob Boze Bell’s “Hellraisers and Trailblazers”
Julie Morrison reviews two books about 19th-century Wild West women....
Julie MorrisonFeb 27
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Unearthing Conflict and Complicity: On Kerri K. Greenidge’s “The Grimkes”
Elaine Elinson reviews Kerri K. Greenidge’s “The Grimkes: The Legacy of Slavery in an American Family.”...
Elaine ElinsonFeb 15
- Nonfiction
A Quicksand of Narcissism: On Archway Editions’ “NDA” Anthology of Autofiction
Taylor Lewandowski reviews “NDA: An Autofiction Anthology,” edited by Caitlin Forst....
Taylor LewandowskiFeb 15
- Nonfiction
The Children of California Shall Be Our Children: On Malcolm Harris’s “Palo Alto”
Ben Beitler reviews Malcolm Harris’s “Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World.”...
Ben BeitlerFeb 14
- Nonfiction
A Lost World: On Travis Zadeh’s “Wonders and Rarities”
Nile Green reviews Travis Zadeh‘s “Wonders and Rarities: The Marvelous Book That Traveled the World and Mapped the Cosmos.”...
Nile GreenFeb 12
- Nonfiction
An Unnatural Spring: On Haruki Murakami’s “Novelist as a Vocation”
Robert Allen Papinchak reviews Haruki Murakami’s “Novelist as a Vocation,” translated by Philip Gabriel and Ted Goossen....
Robert Allen PapinchakFeb 10
- Nonfiction
When Perry Miller Invented America: On Abram C. Van Engen’s “City on a Hill”
Ed Simon reviews Abram C. Van Engen’s “City on a Hill: A History of American Exceptionalism.”...
Ed SimonFeb 5
- Nonfiction
All Despotisms Must End: On Lydia Moland’s “Lydia Maria Child”
J. C. Hallman reviews Lydia Moland’s biography of a 19th-century abolitionist, “Lydia Maria Child: A Radical American Life.”...
J. C. HallmanFeb 5
- Nonfiction
The Costs of Women’s Writing: On Devoney Looser’s “Sister Novelists”
Thomas McLean reviews Devoney Looser’s “Sister Novelists: The Trailblazing Porter Sisters, Who Paved the Way for Austen and the Brontës.”...
Thomas McLeanFeb 2
- Nonfiction