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In 1996, the Libyan writer Hisham Matar was living near the National Gallery in London. For six years straight he had been going to the museum, sometimes as often as…

Peel Her a Grape

by Caleb Crain,

Sybille Bedford’s prudent hedonism

Subterranean Homesick Muse

by Nick Laird,

Seamus Heaney’s journey to the underworld

Game Theories

by Lidija Haas,

The past and future of dating

The Grand Poem

by Dan Chiasson,

Notes toward an understanding of Wallace Stevens

Note To Self

by Elaine Blair,

The lyric essay’s convenient fictions

Metaphysics In a Teacup

by Christopher Beha,

Annie Dillard gets pickled

War of The Roses

by Karl Taro Greenfeld,

Piecing together the GN’R story

Disappearing Act

by Jonathan Dee,

Mark Leyner’s self-consuming fictions

A Foreign Cause

by William Deresiewicz,

Why the Spanish Civil War feels so distant

Beginning to See the Light

by Gary Greenberg,

Religious conversion across the ages

Circles and Lines

by Nick Richardson,

John Wray’s time machine

The Hunger Artist

by Bee Wilson,

The appetites of M.F.K. Fisher

Family Business

by David Lipsky,

Mr. and Mrs. Nabokov’s half-century

Outside the White Box

by Mark Kingwell,

Can art make anything happen?

Same Mistakes

by Emily Cooke,

Ted Hughes’s evasions

Free but Not Redeemed

by James Marcus,

Primo Levi and the enigma of survival

We was All Bent, Son

by Christopher Tayler,

The double life of John le Carré

Lucid Dreaming

by Justin Taylor,

Two ways of looking at Percival Everett

Trial and Error

by Ruth Franklin,

Three centuries of American witch hunts

Among the Believers

by Marco Roth,

Michel Houellebecq’s immortal longings

Residence on Earth

by Jonathan Dee,

The genius of Joy Williams

Means of Dissent

by Lee Siegel,

America’s lost culture of opposition

The Prisoner of Sex

by Elaine Blair,

Franzen and the women

Joint Ventures

by Charles Bock,

How sneakers became high fashion and big business

First-Person Shooters

by Sam Sacks,

What’s missing in contemporary war fiction

Old Poison, New Battles

by Randall Kennedy,

The ongoing struggle for voting rights

Joy Ploy

by Kristin Dombek,

The dismal science of human optimization

What a Piece of Work

by William Deresiewicz,

Mark Greif’s intellectual excavations

New Television

by Rivka Galchen,

With the arrival of Tina Fey and Robert Carlock’s Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix), we finally have a major sitcom heroine whom we definitely don’t want to dress like. Kimmy Schmidt…

Reviews

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

New Books

Peel Her a Grape

Subterranean Homesick Muse

Game Theories

The Grand Poem

Note To Self

Metaphysics In a Teacup

War of The Roses

Disappearing Act

A Foreign Cause

Beginning to See the Light

Circles and Lines

The Hunger Artist

Family Business

Outside the White Box

Same Mistakes

Free but Not Redeemed

We was All Bent, Son

Lucid Dreaming

Trial and Error

Among the Believers

Residence on Earth

Means of Dissent

The Prisoner of Sex

Joint Ventures

First-Person Shooters

Old Poison, New Battles

Joy Ploy

What a Piece of Work

New Television

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New Books

Peel Her a Grape

Subterranean Homesick Muse

Game Theories

The Grand Poem

Note To Self

Metaphysics In a Teacup

War of The Roses

Disappearing Act

A Foreign Cause

Beginning to See the Light

Circles and Lines

The Hunger Artist

Family Business

Outside the White Box

Same Mistakes

Free but Not Redeemed

We was All Bent, Son

Lucid Dreaming

Trial and Error

Among the Believers

Residence on Earth

Means of Dissent

The Prisoner of Sex

Joint Ventures

First-Person Shooters

Old Poison, New Battles

Joy Ploy

What a Piece of Work

New Television

July 2016

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