Reviews Archives

Never such innocence

by Giles Harvey,

The afterlives of Philip Larkin

Unfaithful

by Jenny Diski,

The false nostalgia of Mad Men

Speakeasy

by Joshua Cohen,

A Czech’s boozy refuge from writer’s bloc

Man of the World

by Terry Eagleton,

Christopher Hitchens's marks and misses

La doublure

by Ben Marcus,

The singular fabrications of Raymond Roussel

Voyagers

by Robert Macfarlane,

The restless genius of Patrick Leigh Fermor and Bruce Chatwin

Enter a sentence of Elizabeth Bishop’s

by William H. Gass,

Revision and craft

Apocalypse, Now What?

by Gary Greenberg,

Climate change comeuppance

The pretender

by Jonathan Dee,

Dana Spiotta's persuasive performances

After all these years

by David Yaffe,

The remastery of Paul Simon

The Tomist

by Mark Kingwell,

Francis Fukuyama's infinite regression

Dining with the Tiger

by John Banville,

Dublin's restaurant bubble

Gastronomania

by Will Self,

The beatification of our daily bread

For love or money

by Charles Bock,

Youth basketball comes of age

Salt march to the Dead Sea

by David Dean Shulman,

Gandhi's Palestinian reincarnation

Lonely island

by Francine Prose,

Mike Leigh's intimate cinema

Speak, malady

by Adam Baer,

An autobiography of cancer

Video ergo sum

by Israel Rosenfield,

Oliver Sacks and the plasticity of perception

A Roller Coaster, Dropping

by Lucy Sante,

Lynd Ward’s Depression visions

Bad air

by Helen Epstein,

The politics of malaria

After Rhodesia

by Alexandra Fuller,

Robert Mugabe's crisis of stasis

Tug of war

by Adam Hochschild,

Timothy Snyder looks east

Undelivered

by Robyn Creswell,

Egyptian novelists at home and abroad

Age of exuberance

by James Fenton,

The lost grandeur of the Gilded interior

Between insanity and fat dullness

by Phillip Lopate,

How I became an Emersonian

Bellow in purgatory

by Nathaniel Rich,

The middle novels

Next Year in Cleveland

by David Bezmozgis,

Soviet Jewry's exodus and diaspora

Heartache and the Thousand Natural Shocks

by Christine Smallwood,

Jonathan Franzen’s Freedom

New Books

by Benjamin Moser,

Magic lantern

by Damion Searls,

The illuminations of Tove Jansson

Reviews

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

Never such innocence

Unfaithful

Speakeasy

Man of the World

La doublure

Voyagers

Enter a sentence of Elizabeth Bishop’s

Apocalypse, Now What?

The pretender

After all these years

The Tomist

Dining with the Tiger

Gastronomania

For love or money

Salt march to the Dead Sea

Lonely island

Speak, malady

Video ergo sum

A Roller Coaster, Dropping

Bad air

After Rhodesia

Tug of war

Undelivered

Age of exuberance

Between insanity and fat dullness

Bellow in purgatory

Next Year in Cleveland

Heartache and the Thousand Natural Shocks

New Books

Magic lantern

Debug

Reviews

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

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Never such innocence

Unfaithful

Speakeasy

Man of the World

La doublure

Voyagers

Enter a sentence of Elizabeth Bishop’s

Apocalypse, Now What?

The pretender

After all these years

The Tomist

Dining with the Tiger

Gastronomania

For love or money

Salt march to the Dead Sea

Lonely island

Speak, malady

Video ergo sum

A Roller Coaster, Dropping

Bad air

After Rhodesia

Tug of war

Undelivered

Age of exuberance

Between insanity and fat dullness

Bellow in purgatory

Next Year in Cleveland

Heartache and the Thousand Natural Shocks

New Books

Magic lantern

February 2012

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