Bloomsbury Review by Brian Tanguay The Leveret came my way with some buzz about the high quality of the writing and I was keen to see if the buzz was…
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The Radiance by Ayad Akhtar
Summit Review by Walter Cummins The Radiance is one of the most challenging novels I’ve encountered for quite a while. It delves into the complex inner mind of a character…
The Savage Landscape: How We Made the Wilderness by Cal Flyn
Viking Review by Walter Cummins Cal Flyn has traveled to the ends of the earth in her efforts to explore, describe, and contemplate a variety of wildernesses in her goal…
Switzy by Emma Kline
Random House Review by Walter Cummins I’m very late for the long list of people eager to review Emma Kline’s Switzy, so much so that initially I decided to drop…
Our Noble Selves by Kate Atkinson
Doubleday Review by Walter Cummins Like the characters and happenings in Kate Atkinson’s latest novel, its title—Our Noble Selves, a phrase of stoicism used by British soldiers—is ironic. It serves…
The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism And The War On Democracy by Gil Durán
Avid Reader Press Review by Brian Tanguay For a relatively brief period the movers and shakers of Silicon Valley appeared to offer products that would make our lives more efficient,…
On Un/Certainty: The Uses of Doubt in Dangerous Times by Natasha Lennard
Verso Review by Brian Tanguay Natasha Lennard lays out the aim of On/Uncertainty in the first few pages: she seeks to track pernicious certainty in action to understand how it…
Mothsblood by Lynn D. Jung
Bloomsbury Review by Brian Tanguay An ancient discipline. A secret society. Precocious students. A complicated protagonist. These are some of the ingredients that create the world of Mothsblood, a bold…
Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel
Knopf Review by David Starkey Emily St. John Mandel is one of those increasingly uncommon writers whose work appeals both to a popular and a literary audience. She’s a dab…
Varieties of Artistic Experience: Three Swiss Exhibition Catalogs: Marisol, Helen Frankenthaler, Swiss Art Brut
Hirmer | Deutscher Kuntsverlag | 5 Continents Review by David Starkey It was a hot summer in Switzerland this year, as it was almost everywhere on our beleaguered planet Earth,…