California Review of Books

Parlor Review by H. L. Hix The title of Matthew Cooperman’s new poetry collection, the atmosphere is not a perfume it is odorless, indicates by its very structure one strong…

Didion & Babitz by Lili Anolik

A Tipsy Fairy Tale: A Coming of Age Memoir of Alcohol and Redemption by Peter E. Murphy

The Chutnification of History: Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children

Medieval Horizons: Why the Middle Ages Matter by Ian Mortimer

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