Nonfiction

"There is nothing more poetic and terrible than the skyscrapers' battle with the heavens that cover them." — Federico García Lorca

Here Be Monstrous Architects: On Joshua Comaroff and Ong Ker-Shing’s “Horror in Architecture”
Stephanie Schoellman reviews Joshua Comaroff and Ong Ker-Shing’s “Horror in Architecture: The Reanimated Edition.”
Stephanie SchoellmanMay 23, 2024
Our Future Is Not Foreclosed: A Conversation with Emily Raboteau
Scott Burton interviews Emily Raboteau about “Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against ‘the Apocalypse.’”
Scott BurtonMay 22, 2024
How Anecdotes Sell Drugs: On the 30th Anniversary Edition of Peter Kramer’s “Listening to Prozac”
Andrew Scull critiques the cultural influence of Peter Kramer’s 1993 book “Listening to Prozac.”
Andrew ScullMay 16, 2024
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True Fictionalizations: On Angie Sijun Lou’s “Dark Soil” Anthology
David Lewis reviews the new anthology “Dark Soil: Fictions and Mythographies,” edited by Angie Sijun Lou.
David LewisMay 8, 2024
Who Tells the Stories of Chinese Leaders? On Two New Biographies
Lucy Hornby discusses two recent biographies about former Chinese leaders Zhou Enlai and Hua Guofeng.
Lucy HornbyMay 8, 2024
Sluts in Form and Content: A Conversation Between Sarah Yanni and Michelle Tea
Sarah Yanni talks with Michelle Tea about her new anthology “SLUTS.”
Sarah YanniMay 5, 2024
Meeting Labor’s Moment: On Hamilton Nolan’s “The Hammer”
Joseph A. McCartin reviews “The Hammer: Power, Inequality, and the Struggle for the Soul of American Labor.”
Joseph A. McCartinMay 4, 2024
Authoritarian Media: On Peter Pomerantsev’s “How to Win an Information War”
Peter B. Kaufman reviews Peter Pomerantsev’s “How to Win an Information War: The Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler.”
Peter B. KaufmanApr 30, 2024
Muckraking Mountains of Manure: On Austin Frerick’s “Barons”
Devin Thomas O’Shea reviews Austin Frerick’s “Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America’s Food.”
Devin Thomas O’SheaApr 29, 2024
My Book Is a Trauma Plot: A Conversation Between Geoffrey Mak and Whitney Mallett
Whitney Mallett talks with Geoffrey Mak about his new book “Mean Boys: A Personal History” and trauma plot trends in recent writing.
Whitney MallettApr 28, 2024
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.”
Ian EllisonApr 27, 2024
Dirty Digits and “Pleasant Landscapes”: On Jason A. Heppler’s “Silicon Valley and the Environmental Inequalities of High-Tech Urbanism”
After reading Jason A. Heppler’s “Silicon Valley and the Environmental Inequalities of High-Tech Urbanism,” Patrick McCray decides that Silicon Valley should really be called Arsenic Valley.
W. Patrick McCrayApr 23, 2024