Endless Constellations: On “Women in Concrete Poetry 1959–1979”
Theadora Walsh reviews “Women in Concrete Poetry 1959–1979,” edited by Alex Balgiu and Mónica de la Torre....
Endless Constellations: On “Women in Concrete Poetry 1959–1979”
Theadora Walsh reviews “Women in Concrete Poetry 1959–1979,” edited by Alex Balgiu and Mónica de la Torre....
Free Speech and the Question of Race
Stephen Rohde looks at three recent books on the First Amendment....
Gritty and Glittery
A juicy, jaunty book about Broadway in the 1990s....
The Death of the Future: On Nnedi Okorafor’s “Remote Control”
Dan Friedman reviews Nnedi Okorafor’s new book, “Remote Control.”...
Unknown Cities: On Daniel Mendelsohn’s “Three Rings”
Jehanne Dubrow ponders "Three Rings," the new book by Daniel Mendelsohn....
Second Acts: Two Translations of Giovanni Pascoli
Lisa Russ Spaar reads two new translations of the Italian poet Giovanni Pascoli, "Selected Poems of Giovanni Pascoli" and "Last Dream."...
A Premature Eulogy for Privacy
Evan Selinger vehemently argues against the tenets of Firmin DeBrabander’s “Life After Privacy: Reclaiming Democracy in a Surveillance Society.”...
Romance as the New Literary: On Kevin Barry’s “That Old Country Music”
Art Edwards takes in “That Old Country Music,” the new short story collection by Kevin Barry....
A Combustible Compound: On Paul Hanebrink’s “A Specter Haunting Europe” and Elissa Bemporad’s “Legacy of Blood”
On “A Specter Haunting Europe: The Myth of Judeo-Bolshevism” and “Legacy of Blood: Jews, Pogroms, and Ritual Murder in the Lands of the Soviets.”...
Voiceless in Vienna
A new Slovenian novel chronicles the exploits of Nada, daughter of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch....
High Fantasy with Tear Gas and Riot Gear
Matthew Iung reflects on “The Mask of Mirrors,” the new book by M. A. Carrick....
Holding the Darkness in Place
A new memoir of love and loss, motherhood, life and death, and the true meaning of “resilience.”...