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.”
"There is nothing more poetic and terrible than the skyscrapers' battle with the heavens that cover them." — Federico García Lorca
Ian Ellison reviews Brian K. Goodman’s “The Nonconformists: American and Czech Writers Across the Iron Curtain.”
Ian EllisonApr 27
After reading Jason A. Heppler’s “Silicon Valley and the Environmental Inequalities of High-Tech Urbanism,” Patrick McCray decides that Silicon...
W. Patrick McCrayApr 23
For Earth Day, Bill McKibben speaks with Elizabeth Kolbert about climate change and her new book “H Is for Hope: Climate Change from A to Z.”
Bill McKibbenApr 22
Catherine Chou discusses “Taiwan: A Contested Democracy Under Threat” by Jonathan Sullivan and Lev Nachman.
Catherine Lila ChouApr 18
Naa Oyo A. Kwate lauds Uché Blackstock’s grounded memoir about racism in medicine and denounces Constance Hilliard’s genetic explanation for Black...
Naa Oyo A. KwateApr 16
Sarah Brouillette reviews Melinda Cooper’s “Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance.”
Sarah BrouilletteApr 15
Jeffrey J. Williams interviews Doran Larson about the American Prison Writing Archive and his new book, “Inside Knowledge: Incarcerated People on the...
Jeffrey J. WilliamsApr 12
Lazz Kinnamon reviews Constance Debré's "Playboy."
Lazz KinnamonApr 9
Leah Mandel reviews Emmeline Clein’s “Dead Weight: Essays on Hunger and Harm.”
Leah MandelApr 6
Forrest Gander reviews Eliot Weinberger’s “The Life of Tu Fu.”
Forrest GanderApr 2
Martin Laflamme reviews three recent books that help understand the opening of China during the 1980s–2000s, and its closing again under Xi Jinping’s...
Martin LaflammeApr 1
Arvind Dilawar reviews Eugene M. Helveston’s “Death to Beauty: The Transformative History of Botox.”
Arvind DilawarMar 30