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Strange Loop

by Robert Moor,

Robert Coover returns to realism

New Books

by Joshua Cohen,

First, collect all the details you can on all the people you encounter — this will turn them into “characters.” Second, search this trove for the most interesting connections among the…

Agreeable Angstrom

by Jonathan Dee,

John Updike, Yes-Man

Stalking Back

by James Lasdun,

Joshua Ferris’s half-baked novel of ideas

A Study in Sherlock

by Laura Miller,

How the detective escaped his creator

New Books

by Christine Smallwood,

Last fall, the Man Booker Prize, the premier award for fiction in the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth, announced that it was coming to America. Presumably Edward St. Aubyn had already…

Consume, Screw, Kill

by Daniel Smith,

The origins of today’s mass extinction

The Vampire

by Lawrence Jackson,

The fickle career of Carl Van Vechten

Kennan Kvetches

by Andrew J. Bacevich,

Discussed in this essay: The Kennan Diaries, by George F. Kennan, edited by Frank Costigliola. W. W. Norton. 688 pages. $39.95. Pity the man’s poor wife. To peruse this generous selection from…

Here There Is No Why

by J. Hoberman,

The trial of 12 Years a Slave

Mostpeople’s Poet

by Ruth Franklin,

Is E. E. Cummings a serious writer?

The Almighty Dollar

by Gary Greenberg,

America’s self-help gospel

Memory’s Passages

by Sarah Manguso,

The limits of autobiography

The American Id

by Jonathan Dee,

Robert Stone returns home

Flights of Fancy

by Steven Shapin,

A history of ballooning

Does Mailer Matter?

by Christopher Beha,

The Young Writer and the last literary celebrity

Bewitched

by Jenny Diski,

A theory of glamour

The Mercenary Position

by James Marcus,

Can Amazon change its predatory ways?

New Books

by Tom Bissell,

Ezra Pound’s dictum “Make It New” has long been cited as modernism’s driving objective. Yet Pound, in coining the phrase, was actually drawing on his own (rather free) translation of…

At Death’s Door

by Bee Wilson,

The hope and hokum of immortality

Winds of Revolt

by Robyn Creswell,

The poetry of Middle Eastern uprising

First Family, Second Life

by Joshua Cohen,

Thomas Pynchon goes online

The Blazing Facts

by Jeff Sharlet,

Filming Uganda’s homophobic fits

Bartleby on the Prairie

by Paul Elie,

The unspent life of J. F. Powers

Numerical Madness

by Gideon Lewis-Kraus,

Critiques of a life online

The Commitments

by Michelle Orange,

Love and marriage at the movies

Animal Instincts

by Lorrie Moore,

Jane Campion’s moral wilderness

Talking the Walk

by Mark Kingwell,

A stroll through our cities

The Tragedy of 1953

by Christopher de Bellaigue,

Uncovering Iran’s coup

Root and Branch

by Gary Greenberg,

Andrew Solomon’s exploration of difference

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Strange Loop

New Books

Agreeable Angstrom

Stalking Back

A Study in Sherlock

New Books

Consume, Screw, Kill

The Vampire

Kennan Kvetches

Here There Is No Why

Mostpeople’s Poet

The Almighty Dollar

Memory’s Passages

The American Id

Flights of Fancy

Does Mailer Matter?

Bewitched

The Mercenary Position

New Books

At Death’s Door

Winds of Revolt

First Family, Second Life

The Blazing Facts

Bartleby on the Prairie

Numerical Madness

The Commitments

Animal Instincts

Talking the Walk

The Tragedy of 1953

Root and Branch

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Strange Loop

New Books

Agreeable Angstrom

Stalking Back

A Study in Sherlock

New Books

Consume, Screw, Kill

The Vampire

Kennan Kvetches

Here There Is No Why

Mostpeople’s Poet

The Almighty Dollar

Memory’s Passages

The American Id

Flights of Fancy

Does Mailer Matter?

Bewitched

The Mercenary Position

New Books

At Death’s Door

Winds of Revolt

First Family, Second Life

The Blazing Facts

Bartleby on the Prairie

Numerical Madness

The Commitments

Animal Instincts

Talking the Walk

The Tragedy of 1953

Root and Branch

July 2014

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