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“The Maltese Version,” “That Summer’s End,” “Berlin Before and After,” and “Jean Toomer.”
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“The Maltese Version,” “That Summer’s End,” “Berlin Before and After,” and “Jean Toomer.”
“Dèy,” “Etna,” “Are They Dead Yet?,” and “Unbelonging.”
Readers respond to Becca Rothfeld’s review of Rachel Cusk’s latest novel, Alexandra Schwartz’s piece about death doulas, and Zach Helfand’s Talk story about the Old News Newsstand.
Readers respond to M. R. O’Connor’s story about smokejumpers, Kelefa Sanneh’s piece about A.I. music, Jennifer Wilson’s article about lingerie, and Anna Holmes’s home-ownership ess...
“The Occidental Book of the Dead,” “Luna, Phoenix, Queen,” “The Minimalist,” and “The Decadent Movement.”
In his sweeping new novel, Chad Harbach studies the crisis of being a college student in 2015—and of being a writer trying to redeem realist fiction.
We try to end each season of The Critic and Her Publics with a little twist on our theme—something different and, often, a little risky or uncomfortable. Our final guest, Anna Silm...
“The Radiance,” “Cloudthief,” “Dear Dealer,” and “Citizen Beast.”
Our critic’s picks for going back to school. Plus: an Edith Wharton novella for a last gasp of the season.
We met decades after “Pilgrim at Tinker Creek” took her from the slush pile to literary celebrity, in a flash.
“Blockers,” “Exhibit G,” “Passengers,” and “Few and Far Between.”
Neal Ascherson found himself at the center of the great crises of Cold War Europe. Do careers like his exist anymore?
“The Breakup,” “All Them Dogs,” “Sex and Dissent,” and “We Want to Believe.”
“The Vanishing Family,” “The Jews of Italy,” “I Made You Up Inside My Head,” and “Days & Chances.”
In “The New Age of Reading,” the staff writer Nathan Heller says that news of the demise of reading is greatly exaggerated. He lays out his case to David Remnick.
With teachers and students returning to the classroom, the hosts of Critics at Large reflect on the art of education itself.
Letters from our readers: Giving editors an earful for 175 years.
“The Black Shield,” “Endless Endings,” “Solstice,” and “I Was Bonnie & Clyde.”
For decades, the novelist has dismantled the tropes of realist fiction, writing about mysterious individuals trapped in byzantine systems. In “The Rhyl Poster,” that approach may h...
The unsettling events of Ayad Akhtar's The Radiance reflect a broader malaise in society.
In an era when glamorous writing jobs have acquired the unreality of folklore, it feels fitting that Alexandra Pechman’s alluring and affectionate feature debut, “Magazine,” should...
Review of 'What's So Great About the Great Books?' by Naomi Kanakia
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