André Aciman’s Permanent Vacation
June 25, 2025
“Life, he said with a light chuckle. Life indeed.”
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The Sufferable Gaucho
June 24, 2025
Literature is sickness.
Happy Birthday, Mr. President
June 20, 2025
Trump threw a big birthday party for himself—oh yeah, and the U.S. Army.
The Prince of War
June 19, 2025
Erik Prince’s best skill is selling himself.
Fast Country
June 18, 2025
Behind every cul-de-sac an undiagnosed, private pain, duct taped by financial desire.
Come One, Come All!
June 18, 2025
Unless, that is, you’re a member of one of the “groups.”
The Annexation of the West Bank Is Complete
June 17, 2025
October 7 demolished the last restraints on Israel’s annexation of the West Bank.
Up at Night
It’s life and death, bro.
Slacking Toward Bethlehem
June 12, 2025
John Tottenham’s acerbic debut novel Service hums with an anti-sell out ethos.
Another Bullshit Night in Slop City
June 11, 2025
Everything has become a nutrient-deficient remix.
The Marxists Are Coming
June 10, 2025
A historian excavates the subterranean legacy of American Marxism.
Botched by Design
June 06, 2025
A new book sanitizes the racialized violence of the death penalty practice.