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The Center Did Not Hold: On Seung Chul Kim’s “The Center Is Everywhere”
Leo D. Lefebure takes a critical look at Seung Chul Kim’s “The Center Is Everywhere.”
Philosophy & Religion
"Never be afraid to sit awhile and think." — Lorraine Hansberry
When Addiction Fails: On Carl Erik Fisher’s “The Urge”
Gordon Marino reviews Carl Erik Fisher’s “The Urge.”
Postcritique; or, The Cultural Logic of Capitalist Realism
Robert Scott reviews Robert T. Tally Jr.’s “For a Ruthless Critique of All That Exists: Literature in an Age of Capitalist Realism.”
COVID and Kitsch: On Robert Zaretsky’s “Victories Never Last”
Dan Turello reviews Robert Zaretsky’s “Victories Never Last.”
Making History End, Again
Andrew Koppelman is happy with “Liberalism and Its Discontents” by Francis Fukuyama.
God’s Ongoing Story: On John Haught’s “God After Einstein”
Paul Allen evaluates John F. Haught’s “God After Einstein.”
What Makes a Millennial?
Sarah Wasserman questions the defining boundaries and problematic categorizations carried by our culture's treatment of the label "millennial."
As Good as a Feast: On Avram Alpert’s “The Good-Enough Life”
Emily Ogden finds Avram Alpert’s “The Good-Enough Life” to be more than sufficient.
Public Catastrophes, Private Retreats
Anthony Curtis Adler connects with Jack Miles and Mark C. Taylor’s “A Friendship in Twilight: Lockdown Conversations on Death and Life.”
Anthropocene Gothic
Steven Shaviro reviews "Dark Scenes from Damaged Earth," a new academic collection of weird ecocriticism edited by Justin D. Edwards, Rune Graulund, and Johan Höglund.
Taking Note of Violence
Philip Luke Johnson explores the late Lee Ann Fujii’s revolutionary — and uncomfortable — theories of public violence.
Fact, Fiction, Avis Tertia
Josefina Massot reviews the very strange anthology “In Search of the Third Bird.”
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