Breaking the Binary of Flawed Narratives
A review of Curtis White’s new book, “Living in a World that Can’t be Fixed.”
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‘The Doll Funeral’ Is One Creepy-Ass Walk in the Woods
On Kate Hamer’s first novel since ‘The Girl in the Red Coat.’
Dreaming to Scale: The Life and Times of Norman Bel Geddes
The Man Who Designed the Future is the story of a post-school life both utterly singular and deeply emblematic. Bel Geddes may not quite have invented the future, but between 1914 and 1958 he had a lot to do with how millions of Americans came to understand, envision, and desire it.
‘The Mirror Thief’ Revisited: On Martin Seay’s Debut Masterpiece
One of my favorite books last year was Martin Seay’s debut novel The Mirror Thief, set in three different time periods and three different versions of Venice.
Jonathan Lethem on Writers, Disney Movies, and Cat Videos
The ineffable and prolific Jonathan Lethem has struck again, this time with his delightfully engaging second collection of essays More Alive and Less Lonely: On Books and Writers.
For Jessa Crispin, Feminism Isn’t Radical Enough
Jessa Crispin—for years one of the publishing industry’s go-to reviewers of new feminist releases—has decided to reject feminism. But not for the reasons you might expect.
How Martin Seay Wrote ‘The Mirror Thief’
The weirdest and most ambitious novel of 2016 thus far, The Mirror Thief, was written by the Executive Secretary of Wheeling, Illinois—a Chicago suburb about 30 miles northwest of downtown.
