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Reappraisals

by Terry Eagleton,

What is the worth of social democracy?

The white side of history

by Eric Foner,

Sketches of a Caucasian past

Speed of light in a vacuum

by Jonathan Dee,

Tom McCarthy's historical avant-garde

Fastidious Albion

by Jenny Diski,

Postwar Britain keeps calm, carries on

Firecrackers

by Dave Hickey,

Terry Castle celebrates her independence

The moviegoer

by J. Hoberman,

Manny Farber in the cinema trenches

Call it Sleek

by Joshua Cohen,

The gentrification of Henry Roth

World wide web

by John Gray,

The myth and reality of the United Nations

Reeled the mind

by Nicholas Fraser,

Henry Luce's decline and fall

Goodbye very much

by Benjamin Taylor,

The many lives of Muriel Spark

From the pencil zone

by Rivka Galchen,

Robert Walser's masterworklets

Cultivated hysteria

by Evelyn Toynton,

The noir novels of David Peace

Use your disillusion

by Nicholas Fraser,

Arthur Koestler in the age of extremes

A Kink in His Crock

by William H. Gass,

Norway’s Nobel Nazi

Our heart

by Lorin Stein,

Love and the later Maupassant

The Untamed

by Wyatt Mason,

Joshua Ferris’s restless-novel syndrome

Lines of Occupation

by Joshua Cohen,

The post-Zionist poetics of Yitzhak Laor

You Got Eyes

by Francine Prose,

Robert Frank imagines America

One Notion: Individual

by Kim Phillips-Fein,

Two lives of Ayn Rand

¡Una Lesbiana Enamorada!

by Dave Hickey,

The reverse bowdlerization of Susan Sontag

Ways of not seeing

by Mark Kingwell,

On the limits of design fetishism

The Worst of Times

by Arthur Krystal,

Revisiting the Great Depression

All too human

by Geoffrey Wheatcroft,

The rise and fall of Henry Fairlie

A man of extinction

by Nicholas Fraser,

J.G. Ballard's distinctive cast of mind

Perpetual motion

by Randy Boyagoda,

The education of Aleksandar Hemon

Motherless children

by Jonathan Dee,

Lorrie Moore tries to keep it real

Kinds of Killing

by William H. Gass,

The flourishing evil of the Third Reich

Noble and savage

by Robert Boyers,

The bitter extremes of Elsa Morante

Eloquent phantom

by Robyn Creswell,

Tayeb Salih's search for an elusive present

Cold as life

by Evelyn Toynton,

The artful lucidity of Jean Rhys

Reviews

Insight on the latest books, films, theater, and music.

Reappraisals

The white side of history

Speed of light in a vacuum

Fastidious Albion

Firecrackers

The moviegoer

Call it Sleek

World wide web

Reeled the mind

Goodbye very much

From the pencil zone

Cultivated hysteria

Use your disillusion

A Kink in His Crock

Our heart

The Untamed

Lines of Occupation

You Got Eyes

One Notion: Individual

¡Una Lesbiana Enamorada!

Ways of not seeing

The Worst of Times

All too human

A man of extinction

Perpetual motion

Motherless children

Kinds of Killing

Noble and savage

Eloquent phantom

Cold as life

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Reappraisals

The white side of history

Speed of light in a vacuum

Fastidious Albion

Firecrackers

The moviegoer

Call it Sleek

World wide web

Reeled the mind

Goodbye very much

From the pencil zone

Cultivated hysteria

Use your disillusion

A Kink in His Crock

Our heart

The Untamed

Lines of Occupation

You Got Eyes

One Notion: Individual

¡Una Lesbiana Enamorada!

Ways of not seeing

The Worst of Times

All too human

A man of extinction

Perpetual motion

Motherless children

Kinds of Killing

Noble and savage

Eloquent phantom

Cold as life

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