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This way, not that

by Robert Boyers,

Nadine Gordimer does as she pleases

Too true, the art of the aphorism

by Arthur Krystal,

Unsteady as she goes

by William H. Gass,

Malcolm Lowry's cinema inferno

Faith in reason

by John Gray,

Secular fantasies of a godless age

Hungarian reflections

by John Lukacs,

A tragic history of a divided people

Among the Reviewers

by Wyatt Mason,

John Updike and the book-review bugaboo

Buried in the life

by Terry Eagleton,

Thomas Hardy and the limits of biographies

Modernism a la mode

by Mark Kingwell,

How architecture went from radical to chic

A rawness of seeing

by John Jeremiah Sullivan,

Denis Johnson writes the big novel

I buried a novelist

by Wyatt Mason,

Philip Roth and the end of Zuckerman

Last things

by Benjamin Kunkel,

The sinister charm of Frederick Seidel

Lust and disgust

by Laura Kipnis,

A short history of prudery, feminist and otherwise

Waugh vs. Waugh

by Evelyn Toynton,

The family ties that bind

It’s a round world after all

by Pankaj Mishra,

India, China, and the global economy

The irresponsibility of feelings

by Wyatt Mason,

Reading Leonard Michaels

After the fall

by Jennifer Szalai,

Don DeLillo without his towers

A delicious torment

by Evelyn Toynton,

The friendship of Wordsworth and Coleridge

Little big wars

by John Gray,

The metamorphosis of conflict

Bright lights, big speeches

by Randy Boyagoda,

Ralph Ellison and the perils of publicity

Sentimental education

by Joanna Bourke,

The invention of human rights

The wandering years

by Siddhartha Deb,

Roberto Bola??±o's nomadic fiction

Berlin stories

by Francine Prose,

The caustic energy of Weimar art

The disillusionist

by Arthur Phillips,

In praise of Milan Kundera's hypocrisies

Arms and the poet

by Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,

The resurrection of Vergil

Flaming bitumen

by Sam Stark,

Romancing the Algerian war

The devoted

by Robert Boyers,

Susan Sontag's self-corrections

The pragmatic American

by Denis Donoghue,

William James and our homegrown way of thought

The usual suspect

by Arthur Krystal,

Edgar Allan Poe, consulting detective

On the lower frequencies

by Scott Saul,

Rethinking the Black Power movement

Darwin’s conundrum

by David Quammen,

Two worldviews, one writer

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

This way, not that

Too true, the art of the aphorism

Unsteady as she goes

Faith in reason

Hungarian reflections

Among the Reviewers

Buried in the life

Modernism a la mode

A rawness of seeing

I buried a novelist

Last things

Lust and disgust

Waugh vs. Waugh

It’s a round world after all

The irresponsibility of feelings

After the fall

A delicious torment

Little big wars

Bright lights, big speeches

Sentimental education

The wandering years

Berlin stories

The disillusionist

Arms and the poet

Flaming bitumen

The devoted

The pragmatic American

The usual suspect

On the lower frequencies

Darwin’s conundrum

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This way, not that

Too true, the art of the aphorism

Unsteady as she goes

Faith in reason

Hungarian reflections

Among the Reviewers

Buried in the life

Modernism a la mode

A rawness of seeing

I buried a novelist

Last things

Lust and disgust

Waugh vs. Waugh

It’s a round world after all

The irresponsibility of feelings

After the fall

A delicious torment

Little big wars

Bright lights, big speeches

Sentimental education

The wandering years

Berlin stories

The disillusionist

Arms and the poet

Flaming bitumen

The devoted

The pragmatic American

The usual suspect

On the lower frequencies

Darwin’s conundrum

February 2008

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