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God Bites the Dust
Scott Bradfield interviews S. T. Joshi about the second volume of “The Downfall of God.”
Philosophy & Religion
"Never be afraid to sit awhile and think." — Lorraine Hansberry
When Story Loses the Plot
Hannah H. Kim ponders the plotless narrative as a tool for meaning-making.
Ambivalence and Devotion
Karen E. Park explores Kristin Grady Gilger’s “mother memoir” about her son’s most troubling decision: to become a Catholic priest.
Herzog in the Jungle of Truth
Sam Shpall ponders the enigma of Werner Herzog and his new book, “The Future of Truth.”
In the Shadow of Yesterday
Aurelian Craiutu thinks about Balázs Trencsényi’s “Intellectuals and the Crisis of Politics in the Interwar Period and Beyond: A Transnational History.”
A Mole in MAGA’s Midst
Alexandre Lefebvre reads “Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right” by Laura K. Field.
What’s the Difference Between a God and a Monster?
Heather Macumber reviews Brandon Grafius’s “Scared by the Bible: The Roots of Horror in Scripture.”
Philosophy’s Warnings in the “Absence” of Emergency
William Egginton pays heed to Santiago Zabala’s “Signs from the Future: A Philosophy of Warnings.”
Disenchanted Enchantment
Jordan Williamson investigates Derek Lee’s “Parascientific Revolutions: The Science and Culture of the Paranormal” and Joshua Comaroff’s “Spectropolis: The Enchantment of Capital in Singapore.”
The Return of the Luddites
Erik J. Larson considers “The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want” by Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna.
One Step Removed from Ash
Vanessa Holyoak explores memory and loss after the L.A. fires, in an essay from LARB Quarterly no. 46: “Alien.”
The Heart of the Matter
John Lysaker connects with Jeffrey L. Kosky’s “From the Heart: A Memoir and a Meditation on a Vital Organ.”
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