Review of I Love You, Beth Cooper
/In her review of the movie I Love You, Beth Cooper, Sarah Hudson shares her thoughts on the highs and deep lows of the adolescent rom-com
Read MoreReview of The Evolution of God
/In his review of The Evolution of God, Ignazio de Vega illustrates how Robert Wright investigates the origins of humankind's notions of God.
Read MoreReview of Public Enemies
/Sarah Hudson reviews Michael Mann's Public Enemies, scrambled plot and all: "The exquisite production deserves to be seen on a big screen but no one will blame you if you sit this one out."
Read MoreReview of Reality Check
/Lambrusco describes Peter Abrahams's Reality Check, as "so gripping, so smart, and so completely worthwhile."
Read MoreJuly 2009 Issue
/“Scotland Rearview” by Jeffrey Eaton
Read MoreBejabbers!
/That famous vein of gold (well, mostly silver) made American millionaires, awful tragedies, and Mark Twain. Eli Wanamaker’s literary quarry is Dennis Drabelle’s Mile-High Fever.
Read MoreHow Could You Stop Loving Me?
/Adam Golaski grew up reading Jay McInerney and wanting to walk in his shoes. In How It Ended, those soles are a little scuffed.
Read MoreWishing on a Star (Wars)
/“It’s an energy field that connects us all” Obi-wan Kenobi has told us, and Phillip Lobo attests to the truth of it in his review of the latest Star Wars MMO.
Read MoreLittle Frozen Yogurt Shop of Horrors
/The bowling alleys and corner stores of Jim Krusoe’s middle America are the source of oddities beyond imagining—until you’ve read Sharon Fulton’s review of his novels, that is
Read MoreThe Music of the Mind
/Aleksandar Hemon’s prose has scarcely been mentioned without the accompanying adjective ‘Nabokovian’; John Madera looks at Hemon’s new collection of stories Love and Obstacles to see whether the modifier fits.
Read MoreFamily Through Fiction
/In The Enchantress of Florence, Salman Rushdie has written his most Melvillean novel. John G. Rodwan, Jr. indulges in some Melvillean digressions as he explains just exactly what that means.
Read More‘May Your BlackBerry Rot in Hell’
/Brilliant novelist/amateur crank Mark Helprin despairs of your online thievery, and Esther Schell despairs of his new book, Digital Barbarism.
Read MoreGlory at Half Price
/Larry Tye has written a book about the greatest, longest baseball career to date; Brad Jones benches the Babe and tallies up Satchel.
Read MoreThe Cast Iron of the Years
/An excerpt from a poem by Tristan Tzara, translated by Heather Green
Read MoreWho the Hell is Lili St. Cyr?
/Carl Van Doren called her “the princess who takes off her pants,” but who was Gypsy Rose Lee, really? Kindly let Michael Adams entertain you in looking at two recent biographies.
Read MoreMystery Balls
/Flotsam and jetsam clutter Javier Calvo’s novel Wonderful World, but do they choke its flow? Lianne Habinek, our steadfast guide, charts its course.
Read MoreMarimo Balls, Midnight Sun, and the Water of Life
/Quick: What’s Iceland like? Faint idea? Marc Vincenz reassures—your knowledge of Japan will do just fine.
Read MoreClassics Illustrated
/An affection for annotated classics and an abiding love for The Wind in the Willows makes Honoria St. Cyr singularly suited to review the new annotated edition of Kenneth Grahame’s classic, edited by Seth Lerer—she shares her discoveries here
Read MoreMiss Hamilton Disposes
/No one had ever written about love - in its infinite and profane variety - the way the Roman poet Catullus did; its explication by a scholarly schoolmistress might seem paradoxical - but Edith Hamilton knew something about love herself.
Read MoreIn Praise of Snobbery
/Great Britain has finally made a woman poet laureate—and a lesbian no less. As Bryn Haworth reports, when she’s isn’t writing about the Royals, she’s plenty worthy of the honor. Since writing about the Royals is one of the job’s few requirements, what changes might we expect from the post?
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