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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.”...

Feb 2

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THOMAS MCLEAN

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Structures of Belonging and Nonbelonging: On Kirsten Silva Gruesz’s “Cotton Mather’s Spanish Lessons”

Joseph Rezek contemplates “Cotton Mather’s Spanish Lessons: A Story of Language, Race, and Belonging in the Early Americas” by Kirsten Silva Gruesz....

Feb 1

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JOSEPH REZEK

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The Band’s Massive Weight: On Martin Scorsese’s “The Last Waltz” and Jeff Sellars and Kevin C. Neece’s “Rags and Bones”

Ethan Warren reviews “Rags and Bones: An Exploration of the Band” and Criterion’s remaster of Martin Scorsese’s “The Last Waltz.”...

Jan 31

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ETHAN WARREN

Whose Body Is in the Analog World?: On David Sax’s “The Future Is Analog”

Philosopher Evan Selinger eviscerates David Sax’s unabashedly privileged views in “The Future Is Analog: How to Create a More Human World.”...

Jan 31

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EVAN SELINGER

Let the Knife Speak: On José Rizal

Gina Apostol explores the works and cultural meanings of the great Filipino rebel-poet José Rizal....

Jan 30

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GINA APOSTOL

Democracy from the Ashes: On David Stuttard’s “Phoenix”

Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn reviews David Stuttard’s “Phoenix: A Father, a Son, and the Rise of Athens.”...

Jan 29

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ELISABETH LASCH-QUINN

The Letters of Rosemary & Bernadette Mayer, 1976–1980

Rosemary Mayer installing Balloon for a Birthday, November 7, 1978. Rosemary Mayer, Chroma (detail), 1976 from postcard announcing Mayer’s show at Monique Knowlton Gallery. All images courtesy the Estate of Rosemary Mayer.

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Democracy from the Ashes: On David Stuttard’s “Phoenix”

Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn reviews David Stuttard’s “Phoenix: A Father, a Son, and the Rise of Athens.”...

ELISABETH LASCH-QUINN

HISTORY

Women of Iran Rise and Revolt: On Dora Levy Mossanen’s “Love and War in the Jewish Quarter”

Tabby Refael reviews Dora Levy Mossanen’s new novel “Love and War in the Jewish Quarter.”...

TABBY REFAEL

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The Half-Century in Bullshit: On Peter Bogdanovich’s “Paper Moon” and Robert Greene’s “The 48 Laws of Power”

Paul Thompson examines the metabolization of bullshit into our lives, by way of analyzing Peter Bogdanovich’s film “Paper Moon” and Robert Greene’s book “The 48 Laws of Power.”...