“Scientific Nightmare”: The Backstory of the “DSM”
Andrew Scull gives stellar marks to Allan Horwitz’s history of the DSMs....
Control Everything: On Hartmut Rosa’s “The Uncontrollability of the World”
Paul J. D’Ambrosio finds meaning in “The Uncontrollability of the World,” the new book from Hartmut Rosa....
Ghosts of Grief: On S. A. Cosby’s “Razorblade Tears”
Gabino Iglesias takes a look at the grief and guilt that propel S. A. Cosby’s “Razorblade Tears.”...
A Pandemic of Parties
Marlowe Granados’s “Happy Hour” is a party girl novel after a year without parties....
An Intimate Utopia: On Nabaneeta Dev Sen’s “Acrobat”
Shruti Swamy reviews “Acrobat,” a volume of Nabaneeta Dev Sen’s poetry translated by her daughter Nandana Dev Sen....
No Geniuses Here
W. Patrick McCray praises Eric Hintz’s new book on America’s independent inventors in the 20th century....
No Mere Oddity: On Lafcadio Hearn’s “In Ghostly Japan”
Claire Kohda delves into “In Ghostly Japan: Japanese Legends of Ghosts, Yokai, Yurei and Other Oddities” by Lafcadio Hearn....
The Naïf Goes to the Everything Store: On Mark McGurl’s “Everything and Less”
Dan Sinykin finds cautious hope in “Everything and Less: The Novel in the Age of Amazon” by Mark McGurl....
The 14th-Century Sexual Revolution: On Guido Ruggiero’s “Love and Sex in the Time of Plague”
Dan Turello considers "Love and Sex in the Time of Plague," the recently published book by Guido Ruggiero....
Inspired, Polyvocal, Joyful: On Warren Ellis’s “Nina Simone’s Gum”
Kathleen Rooney explores Warren Ellis’s “Nina Simone’s Gum.”...
Guiding Lights: On “Her Stories: Daytime Soap Opera and US Television History”
Annie Berke reviews Elana Levine's "Her Stories: Daytime Soap Opera and US Television History," on a pivotal genre and its diverse fandom ...
Complicit with Water: On Rosie Stockton’s “Permanent Volta”
Olivia Durif talks to Rosie Stockton about their first book, “Permanent Volta.”...
