California Review of Books

Review by David Starkey Noah Hawley’s new novel Anthem is set in a near, scarcely alternative future. The United States is riven by partisan divide, with the Alt Right on…

Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape by Cal Flynn

Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire & Revolution in the Borderlands by Kelly Lytle Hernandez

Blank Pages and Other Stories by Bernard MacLaverty

Rooting Interests: A Roger Angell Appreciation

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